Water Babies - August 2 Mug Shots and More....

And not to be left out, here's the August 2nd Mug Shot of the Water Babies.....
More photos posted later today.

Disney Babies - August 2 Mug shots and more....

Since we' started a Woodwynd Dals Facebook Page I haven't been as good about keeping up the blog.  My apologies.  This weekend we took TONS of photos of the babies so here's a taste of the Disney babies!
(oops!  off to work!  Will get captions up later today)

Lightning McQueen

Lightning McQueen

Sleep of the Innocent

Fiji shows off how easy it is to sleep when all you do in life is easy and sleep.

Two Weeks Old Today

The Disney pups are 2 weeks old today! Seems like just yesterday,  yet it seems like longer (sleep deprivation?).  Late night is a good time for a nap,  a snuggle or a bath.

Weighing In

Propel checks in on day 3

Pellagrino says, "Getting weighed is a snooze."

Yep..... I did this.... all by myself.... ok not all by myself.  Ian helped.... Kathy helped.... Dr. Mary helped.  OK I did this with help.

The Eyes Have It!

The C4 x Sweet Tea pups are 12 days old today and we're starting to see the very inner corners of the eyes opening up on some of the pups.  Lightning McQueen, Minnie and Tinkerbell are all on their way to vision!  Not enough to really show on a photo yet, but maybe by tomorrow!

Let's Have a Drink!

The "water babies" had a great first night and are now enjoying brunch.   Here is Perrier and Dasani at the milk bar.

Spotted Sunday

After looking soooooooo small for the last week,  Sweet Tea's kids are now the "big kids"

We've Been Spotted

While the new guys have been taking up all the press, we've been starting to get our spots, so hey check us out! !

Left to right, Tinkerbell, Jasmine, Merida & Woody.  Buzz Lightyear hanging out up front

Left to right, Tinkerbell, Jasmine, Merida & Woody

Patience is a Virtue

After a nearly 5 hour break,  Pellagrino (yellow) and Propel (black) have joined the gang.  So At 1 AM, we're now up to SIX! This has been a very difficult whelping for me.   I've never had a litter with this much time between pups.   They're doing great.   Eva's doing great.    *I'm* a nervous wreck.   Hard to keep calm and not panic.

Eva's Eight Ball

Well as you may have guessed, after a looooooooong delivery, we ended up at Lake Alfred Animal Hospital with the wonderful Dr. Mary and a C Section to deliver Eva's last two pups.  Sadly we lost one, but the other (Evian) is thriving and doing well.

This is an incredibly consistent litter with all pups at about 11 oz.  We did get a big surprise.  I'd thought that Eva was BB as well as UU and so that we'd get all black spotted pups.  Silly me!  She'd been tested for the *lemon* gene (which she does not carry) but not for liver!  She is Bb and we have four liver ones in the bunch!

We've decide to go with a "water" theme so we're pleased to introduce:
Light Blue/Culligan - liver male
Pink/Fiji - black female
Light Green/Perrier - liver female
Dark Green/Dasani - black male
Yellow/Pellagrino - liver female
Black/Propel - black male
Gold/Zephyr - black female
Rainbow/Evian - liver<?> male (not completely sure on this one)

The gang - Blue/Culligan, Dk Green/Dasani, Pink/Fiji, Lt Green/Perrier

Hey Culligan Man!

Perrier

Fiji

Perrier

Evian

Big Ole Pile O'Puppies

All of the pups are growing nicely.  Buzz is consistently the biggest with the two other boys, Woody and Lightning McQueen taking turns in the bottom slot.  The girls are all pretty consistent.

Name That Puppy!

So after talking with some Disney Friends today, we realized that Sweet Tea's pups were born on the 55th anniversary of Disneyland, so what better than Disney names (think of all the photo prop possibilities, Kathy!)  So without further ado, I give you the first mug shot of the litter.  I'll try to do these weekly on Sunday nights to you can see the progress.

Purple/liver boy - Lightning McQueen (Cars)
Light blue/liver boy - Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
Orange/liver girl - Merida (Brave)
Green/black girl - Jasmine (Aladdin)
Pink/liver girl - Tinkerbell (Peter Pan)
Brown/liver boy - Woody (Toy Story) **still not sure this boy may be black spotted
Dark Blue - Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Lilac - Minnie (Mouse)