Early Morning, 2 AM, 5 Pups

1:02 am. Another puppy! Number 4 joins his noisy littermates. This one was stuck to mom by its umbilical cord for a lot longer that usual. I jumped up with a towel to assist, but Deca sorts things out again. Go Deca! It’s quite the chorus now. Lots of things going on in that box. One of the pups had crawled away from the action, and started crying. Deca got up, grabbed it by the neck and brought it back to her ground zero. Deca seems to be a very attentive mother. Go Deca. 4 to go.

I swear I heard one of those pups bark just now! Sounded like a bark.

1:26 am. Another pup! It’s getting crowded over there. 3 to go.

The puppies sound like cats! I’m surprised that they have different voices. OK, voices isn’t the right word. But the difference in their sounds is very unique and surprising.

Since I can’t sleep, I’ll post the first pup video to YouTube.

I left for a minute to let Ajax outside. I hadn’t given him any attention for the last 8 hours, and he needs to go out. Evidently Deca heard him outside, and left her pups to defend the den. She doesn’t usually bark at her buddy Ajax. The rules have changed!