The belly
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 11:57 AM
It's always interesting to see the difference in the girls when they are prego... Clare is certainly no exception. She is "popping" at the seams, or so it appears. Puppies have taken over and she has little appetite left (mostly because she has very little room left). She's due in about a week and as you can see, she is already removing the hair from her nipples and preparing to be a "mom". Her activity level is good, though she has more difficulty now getting up and down - mostly because of the additional weight she is carrying. When you consider that she has 6-8 puppies, all weighing ~1# at birth and placenta for each pup, weighing approximately 1.5# you come to realize that she is carrying about 18-20 pounds more than her normal weight - it's a good thing that this won't last too much longer because that weight is hard on a dog.
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