I took Gidget's temperature several times yesterday. It's a new digital thermometer (I haven't had a thermometer since my kids were little and my "baby" is 35!) and I am not sure how accurate it is (or if I am able to keep it in long enough). It varied from 98.3-99.6. My husband helped hold her last night so I could get a better reading but he had a hard time keeping the treats coming fast enough to keep her distracted. I was using the super high value stuff I use for training classes for my dog. Sardine brownies, tuna brownies, liver chews, turkey crunches, that kind of thing. She really will wolf those down even when she turns her nose up at store bought treats.
She's digging in the bed this morning(nesting?) but she ate fairly well when she got up. Not as much as she was eating but still ate a good deal. No milk yet. So it's still a waiting game. I do think it will be this week simply from the date she was bred.
The puppies aren't real active. I've felt one move a couple of times but she doesn't like to have her belly touched (even very lightly). I watch when she's lying there but don't see any movement. Hopefully all is going well and we'll get to meet the babies soon.
A friend is going to bring an exercise pen today.(She brought a playpen yesterday- what a great friend). That'll help, especially after I found out that she can jump out of the whelping pen. Silly me, I was thinking that with her big belly, she'd avoid trying. I knew she could but just thought... oh, well. That's what I get for thinking. I hate to confine her but as her time approaches, I worry about her having the babies under the bed or someplace else less appropriate, especially after my husband build that nice whelping box.
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