Eight puppies were born in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, September 30, 2007. One puppy was stillborn and all were born without human assistance (the last one emerging unexpectedly during church). A couple of nights before their birth the mother stopped insisting on sleeping near me and instead hid behind the rocker in Alice's room. This proves problematic because Cleopatra does not want Alice anywhere near her puppies and Alice is now afraid to go near them! Even when i decided to pick one up for the first time i could tell that Cleopatra was seriously considering biting me but she considers me to be the Alpha and didn't. This is because she tried to bite me once in the car (while i was eating on the moving trip) and i grabbed her lower jaw and held on for about two or three minutes. Right now Cleopatra doesn't like to leave her puppies. The stains on the carpet are from the stillborn's meconium and caused the room to stink really badly. The puppies smell divine and are so small and soft! There are five boys and two girls and at least one of them has my name on it, but i don't know which yet!
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