ALI & NIKE LITTER - 2003

LITTER BORN 7/31/03!!! TEN PUPPIES...6 BLACK, 4 YELLOW!!! HERE'S THE FIRST 9 PUPS...4 YELLOWS, 5 BLACKS;  ONE MORE BLACK PUPPY CAME LATER GIVING US THE FOLLOWING COLOR/SEX RATIOS:  4 YELLOW PUPS - 2 MALE, 2 FEMALE; 6 BLACK PUPS - 5 MALE (UGH!), 1 FEMALE POOR ALI...SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE HECK WAS GOING ON!!!  WHEN SHE HAD HER FIRST PUP, SHE LOOKED AT IT AND TOOK OFF RUNNING!  I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THE 1ST AND 2ND PUPS IN TERMS OF REMOVING SACS AND CUTTING UMBILICAL CORDS; SHE LICKED THE 2ND PUP TWICE (AFTER I HAD IT ALL CLEANED UP); FROM THE 3RD PUP ON, HER INSTINCTS KICKED IN, AND SHE TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING!!!  HERE SHE IS SLEEPING (WIPED OUT!) AND NURSING SOME OF HER BLACK KIDS HERE'S SOME OF THE PUPS...YOU WON'T SEE THAT YELLOW COLLAR ANYMORE IN FUTURE PIC'S - I CHANGED MY MIND AND PUT BLUE COLLARS ON ALL THE BOYS AND PINK COLLARS ON ALL THE GIRLS SO THAT PUPPY BUYERS COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE THESE PUPS WERE BORN FIRST...YELLOW BOY (WHITE), BLACK GIRL (YELLOW), BLACK BOY, BLACK BOY, YELLOW GIRL (PINK) HERE'S THE BLACK GIRL NURSING HERE'S THE FIRSTBORN YELLOW BOY - HE'S A 1-POUNDER!  LOOK AT THAT WIDE, SHORT STOPPY MUZZLE!!!  HE LOOKS GREAT!!!  THE ALMOST WHITE, YELLOW FEMALE WEIGHED 12.5 OZ. - THE OTHER YELLOW FEMALE WEIGHED 13 OZ.;  ALL THE REST OF THE PUPS WEIGHED FROM 15 - 17 OZ!!! THIS IS FIRSTBORN YELLOW BOY SECOND BORN BLACK FEMALE - 17 OUNCES!!! THIRD BORN BLACK MALE FOURTH BORN BLACK MALE FIFTH BORN YELLOW FEMALE SIXTH BORN BLACK MALE SEVENTH BORN BLACK MALE EIGHTH BORN YELLOW FEMALE NINTH BORN YELLOW BOY TENTH, AND LAST BORN BLACK BOY POOR ALI...DO YOU SEE THAT "I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THIS!" LOOK IN HER EYE? ALI NURSING SOME OF THE PUPS...ACTUALLY, I WAS SWITCHING THE PUPS IN AND OUT...ALI WAS SLEEPING! WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR NOW...MY BACK'S KILLING ME - ALI WHELPED ALL OF HER PUPS ON THE AIR MATTRESS BED THAT I MADE FOR MYSELF...I SPENT THE WHOLE 20 HOURS IN THE VERY HARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE WHELPING BOX...THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE!!!! 4 DAYS OLD HERE'S THE WHOLE CREW IN THE BASKET SO I CAN CLEAN OUT THE WHELPING BOX (WHICH, BTW, ALI IS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN NOWDAYS!) - GO FIGURE! HERE'S ALI NURSING A COUPLE OF PUPS HERE'S #8 FEMALE...SHE IS VERY LIGHT-COLORED HERE'S THE BLACK GIRL...UP ON HER FRONT LEGS AT 4 DAYS OLD! HERE'S #4, #8, AND #2...JUST PRECIOUS!!! HERE'S #10'S MUG SHOT...HE'S INCREDIBLE! HERE'S THE WHOLE CREW...ALI'S DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE PUPS...FEEDING THEM...CLEANING THEM...TAKING GOOD CARE OF HER BABIES...I KNEW SHE'D BE A GOOD MOM!