The new puppies are here! This was not our original idea, but here we are. During the summer we got a 2 year old stud named Goliath and he is a real gentle giant. We bred him to Irish 2 times naturally and one AI ... and got nothing. Around the same time Duchess our one year old came into heat. We wanted to wait another year before breeding her just to give her more time to grow and develop, but wouldn't you know it ... (let me just say it is almost imposable to stop a mastiff male when your females are in heat!!! He broke down and broke out of 3 different cage systems and tried to break down the steal door in our basement!) They tied one time and boom! 9 puppies!
She delivered on the 18th naturally and all went very well. She had 8 pups between 7:30 that morning and 2:30 in the afternoon, but we thought there was one more in there. Just minutes before midnight she delivered the last one. 5 girls and 4 boys. She has done a good job of cleaning them and nursing but she doesn't have a lot of milk so we are giving them a little bottle after they have nursed.
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