Caccha's Labradors 2015 Breeding: Two Years Old Today - Happy Birthday Willow Sunshine and Johnny babies

I think Ma sums it up pretty well:

"So special birthing the pups with you and Nash. - the whole thanksgiving journey, the decision to leave early the day after, being back in time to settle and be ready for delivery, the frantic search for the tie with you shouting "there there," the way Nash watched it all, Willow Sunshine's catching on so fast - and all pups survived."

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Birthing Coaches - Nash, Pearl, and Ma

Nash, 15 yrs old, so sweet the way he watched puppies being born (4th time)

We made it home in the nick of time - I know crazy to go away when your dog is so close to whelping, but this was the first time ever, that I recall, Ma came all the way from Baja, Mexico for Thanksgiving in Maine. We had to go. So, I pilled everyone in the FIT (Nash, Pearl, Willow Sunshine) and we made the 7 hour trek on Thanksgiving day, then at 2:00 AM on the 27th, Sunshine was restless, we packed up and hit the road. The car ride lulled the little ones to sleep, serious labor started hours after getting home, and little ones started to arrive (This is Willow Sunshine's first, and only litter).

One - Two - Three

They came like little choochoo's - OH, So, Thankful Grace was first born, number two was a bruiser - Yogi :).

Grace - Yogi - Chase

(Greed, blue ricrac, back ribbon)

Four - Five - Six

Finn - Izzy - Halo

sliver/bue - purple lace - gold ribbon

Halo was a close call. Sunshine cut her cord to close, and blood was spurting EVERYWHERE! Exasperated, I couldn't get the right words out, so pointed to Ma and kept saying:

"There! There! Clamps! Clamps!"

I wanted cotton balls to stop the bleeding - I had no clamps, so of course she couldn't find them. Which is what she was looking for.

Needless to say we both were befuddled in a mixed up communication gap.

We were also very tired by this time. Concentration labored.