I know what you mean -- my last litter was asingleton too -- only it was a unilateral cryptorchid male. Like I said, I can't win LOL.
We went ahead and did the c-section. She was not progressing, they were still way up in her abdomen and the vet said that they were not going to elect to come out on their own, but Visa's body wanted them out. So we did it. It went very well, it was a quick surgery and I watched the entire thing. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
So we now have an 18 ounce female and a 16 ounce male. Both pups are beautiful, VERY strong, love to be held and pet. I'm extremely disappointed because I've made the very difficult decision to give the male to another breeder on co-ownership. I really wanted to keep something out of this, but I know she will have more time to show him in the next couple of years, so we will just share him back and forth so he can be specialed in the states and I can atleast finish him in Canada. She is sending me a female puppy in return anyways, so I will still have something.
I will breed Visa one more time after this, next spring, and then she will be retired from breeding. I figure from her last litter I will finally be able to keep something from her. This time it will be a natural breeding to a male in Texas.
I love these puppies. Boy puppy has white toes on his two back feet and a tiny white spot on his chest. Girl puppy has quite alot of white on her chest (but not too much) and all four of her feet have white toes (it's a fault to have white front feet, but many Belgians do and place just fine in show). They have very nice rears already, I love to watch them climb and crawl. Alot of strength in them for such young babies. The minute they were able to breathe fine they went straight into a box and the female figured out how to climb out within seconds.
Right now mom and babies are sleeping all snug. Visa is probably wiped right out. The good thing about small litters -- my husband was all depressed because we couldn't do any camping this summer with a bunch of puppies. Well, two puppies are easy to take along with us everywhere. So they will be coming on camping trips, road trips, everywhere. They will be very socialised.
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LOL, at least it's more then just Solo. I can't wait for pics 
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