My thoughts on: Life and Death with Mummyhood at the middle
God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled. ~Author Unknown
When there is life, there is death; every creature has to deal or struggle with both daily. It’s a never-ending cycle and either occurs whether you expect it or not… that’s what I notice…
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Twenty-two days ago, I struggled for hours to bring out my new litter – all five pups.
looking so helplessly cute and fragile at the first few hours of their lives...
Vanilla Bean observes the new litter from a distance...
Last early Sunday morning, a new litter arrived… Cassie had 5 pups in the dark corner of the anything-spare-thing room… I couldn’t stop myself from barking when I saw my overseer transferred the 5 newborns and her at the craft-area upstairs (hmmm….next birthing season, I’ll book that nook for myself…)
so un-Cassie after birthing... Cassie looking lovely again and nursing...
Still last Sunday, Twinkle found Keanna near the garden fence…with her own litter… They prepared a nook for her but she opt to dig, settle down, and bring out her litter in a garden setting…very old-fashioned I say… By mid-morning, my overseer transferred Keanna’s lot at a kitchen corner… Two days later, they decided to transfer her again to a crate at the corner of the garden (the one VB escaped from)… They noticed that Keanna had territorial issues; she grrr-ed at us pets and we couldn’t get inside the house…
Keanna and her litter in various locations...
But the sad part of the story was this… death…
My soul is full of whispered song;
My blindness is my sight;
The shadows that I feared so long
Are all alive with light.
~Alice Cary, Dying Hymn
It turned out that Keanna had six pups… big momma buried the lifeless-pup somewhere outside the fence…
Twinkle's furkids 
I’m so sorry that one of the pups didn’t make it. It’s such a heart-wrenching thing to see. But I am glad to hear that so many new babies were born healthy and full of life. Thank goodness for that. 🙂
Hi Daisy… Twinkle checked and found out that the dead-pup was a she. Keanna must have trampled on her while the other pups popped out; it’s the first time Keanna lost a pup – Vanilla Bean
So sad to hear that one puppy didn’t make it. It is good to see that the other puppies seem to be happy and healthy with their mom.
hi Tiffy, thanks for dropping by. The 15 squeeker-pups are doing great with their moms… i sniffed the 5 (who are 3 weeks old) yesterday when mum-Princess allowed me – Vanilla Bean
It’s funny how with so much new life we are so saddened by the death. I hope all those puppies bring great joy.
hi Bongo. yep…Keanna spent some time (time in between nursing) looking for it that Sunday… but she got over it the following day… – Vanilla Bean
Aw, so sorry to hear about Puppy! I will look forward to pictures of the others as they grow.
Oh that is too bad. It is always sad to loose a pup.
Poor baby! So sorry! Anyway, congrats on the the surviving lovely puppies! They’re really cute!
Big smooch!
Milka
Beautiful Puppies!!!
What a joy seeing those little puppies being born and the miracle of life! Losing them is hard and heartbreaking. Life and death, it seems for us they come hand in hand… new life appears just as old life disappears.
Congrats on your puppies!
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
thanks Collies and Chuck… Keanna lost one but she still has 5 cute healthy pups. – Vanilla Bean
Sorry to hear about the pup 😦 I hope the rest of the litter thrives.
every one (15 of them) is doing okay