but look at these gorgeous little ones. Early one morning on 5th November we were expecting Cassey to give birth to her first (and probably last) litter. She had been panting and pacing the previous day and we just knew it was going to happen. The vet had told us it was not going to be a big litter, maybe 3, 4 and at 1.45 am it was the beginning. Although we had set up a whelping place for her, Cassey gave birth to her first pup - she literally dropped it on her chair. Luckily we had throws on it for her and Daren was trying to sleep downstairs. Unusually she climbed up on the sofa where he was and as he was trying to get her off, he heard a little sound from the chair. He went over and sure enough, it was puppy number 1! He broke open the bag, ran upstairs to me and we all went downstairs in our dressing gowns, washed our hands thoroughly just in case we had to help in any way and were we in for a shock. The new arrival was fine, however, Cassey just kept running away, still panting and pacing, the next one was imminent. Daren went and looked on the internet to see how to tie off the cord etc. He came downstairs, positive as he knew the right thing to do. We got some cotton, Lianne helped Daren tie it round the cord twice and cut it ... the first one was done, making a little noise and it lived. The first puppy was a girl - let me introduce you to Keira, our new puppy!
