Can you spell PUPPIES?!?!

Yep. It's confirmed. Kuna is going to have puppies!!!! The puppies started to drop visibly this weekend. She went from having the skinniest waist to expanding quit alot. She is also more protective of her space and of me. She doesn't want me to leave her sight AT ALL! She is normally resigned to me going to work, but she is now trying to follow me out the door. She wants to sleep ALL day and her belly hair is shedding off so much that I am constantly shaking clothes and blankets off! We ARE SOOOO EXCITED!!!!

So from here on out Kuna will eat three to four smaller meals a day. She is constantly hungry these days, and I encourage her to eat all she wants as she is so naturally thin I fear the pups will deprive HER of nutrition. Like I said, she is very protective, but that also means she is very insecure right now. She is definitely in momma mode now. This is the time to watch for water and food intake to make sure she is getting enough of what she needs. We are also watching for any abnormal smells, lethargy and any other indicators that something is wrong.

Loving Kuna so much, I become a huge worrybug. Despite that, I KNOW that Kuna would tell me somehow that something was wrong, so I can't worry too much (or at least I try not to).

When Kuna had her first litter, my seven year old niece missed their birth because she moved down to Tucson to live with her mom. This time she gets to be here when the pups are born. She is especially excited and is happy that we get to keep at least ONE of the puppies (I know she would rather keep them all, lol). She is a natural with animals and I have no doubt that the birth of a litter of puppies will be very educational and intriguing to her. She will be an added help during the hard times of puppy raising. I think the hardest part she will face is having to let pups go as they find their new homes, but even that will instigate a chance to talk about how people come and go in our lives. Still, I am very glad that we get to keep one.