Sheena Is Pregnant!!!!! Pics Added

[NicoleLJ]

Hubby is picking her up now from the vet. They just called. And Sheena is definately expecting pups. I am sooooo excited. She is already booked for her x-ray for July 2nd. That will be day 56 of her pregnancy. So hubby will be picking up her puppy food today that she has to be switched too now that it has been confirmed. Ryder and Sheena Pups!! This will be awsome.
Nicole & Sheena (Moms to be)

[Husky_mom]

less than two months so see the cutie fluffballs of white fur!! can´t wait!!

congrats grandma!!

[Taz_Zoee]

Congratulations!! How exciting, you are both pregnant together.
I can't wait to see pics of the puppies.

[CathyBogart]

How exciting!! Yay Sheena!!

[NicoleLJ]

Thanks so much. I am going to drive you all nuts with updates. LOL Here is the first one. Sheena is just starting week 5 of her pregnancy. So one of my breeder friends sent me this link the first time we bred Sheena(the one when she had a false pregnancy). It has a lot of great information along with a week by week progress report of what is going on during pregnancy. Here is the link:

http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/medica...html#pregnancy

Here is what it says is going on with Sheena starting today:

Week Five (Days 29-35)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES
Development of toes, whisker buds, and claws
Fetuses look like dogs
Gender can be determined
Eyes (previously open) now close
Fetuses grow from 18 mm - 30 mm
Organogenesis ends -- embryos are now fairly resistant to interference with development

CHANGES IN THE BITCH
Swelling becomes noticeable
Loss of "tuck-up"
Weight will start to increase

CARE OF THE BITCH
Slightly increase amount of food and switch to puppy kibble. If you feed one meal a day, add a small extra meal. If you feed twice a day, slightly increase one of the meals.
Add daily multi-vitamin for dogs
Palpitation no longer possible due to fluids in uterus

TO DO LIST
Nothing special this week


Today I will take some pics of Sheena so you can all see how big she has gotten.
Nicole & Sheena (moms to be)

[Riptide]

Oh this is so exciting! If there's one thing I love the most, it's tiny little Shepherd puppies. When I lived in South Carolina, I used to help out around the kennel for a GSD breeder who was a family friend (and in return he taught me how to handle GSDs in the show ring). The coolest thing was laying down in the middle of the field and having 6-8 pups (sometimes more) curled up around and ontop of me. Ohhh how I love Shepherd puppies!

[Sevaede]

Eeeeh! Congratulations!

[Karen]

Congratulations, how very exciting!

[NicoleLJ]

Thanks so much all. Her due date is just a little over a month away. Not very long at all for all the things we need to do now that the pregnancy has been confirmed. Anyway for those who have been waiting patiently. Here are the pics.

Just so you can more easily see the difference I will show Sheena in 3 different stages. This first one is her normal weight:



Here is Sheena just after she got home from her "visit" with Ryder(the papa)on May 18th:






And here is Sheena now. I just took the pics and you can still see the gell they used during the ultrasound wetting her side a bit and her belly. I will be giving her a bath later today to remove it:



This one I think shows her bulge the best



There you go. Hope you enjoyed them.
Nicole & Sheena (moms to be)

[Flatcoatluver]

She is so pretty!! A big congrats to both of you!

[Alysser]

Congratulations to you and Sheena!! Can't wait for updates.

[cassiesmom]

Nicole, what does dad-dog look like? Is he also white? Sheena is beautiful. I'll bet that her pups will be, too. Congratulations!

ps: I've got noticeable swelling and weight gain today too and I'm not even pregnant

[NicoleLJ]

Thanks so much everyone.

You can see a picture of Ryder here:

http://giftofgracekennels.com/id45.html

Underneath his pic is a link to a page I made for him with another picture of him. Yes he is another White Shepherd. LOL These two compliment each other in so many ways that I think the pups will be simply outstanding.
Nicole & Sheena (moms to be)

[Roxyluvsme13]

Ryder is gorgeous, and Sheena is looking great.

Can't wait to meet the little balls of fluff!

[critter crazy]

Pardon the stupid Question, but I know nothing about White Shepards. If mom and dad are both white Shepards, will all the Babies be white shepards?

By the way.....CONGRATS!!!!