mama has arrived

I collected Taika yesterday and brought her to Devon and she settled right in. Unfortunately Keskiyo thinks she's just about ready to be mated and Maija thinks she is muscling in and trying to take over the position of top dog. However, Keskiyo will calm down when the puppies arrive and Taika moves completely upstairs. At the moment she is only going up to her whelping room to sleep. As for Maija, a couple of walks together will sort out her nose joint.

As you can see, the whelping room has improved enormously. All that's missing now is a bit more cardboard and newspaper for the floor.






And here is Taika showing off her belly. It looks remarkably small here, although if you double click to get a closeup view, you can see her teats which appear fit for function & ready to go. In the second photo you get a better sense of just how chunky she is.