I don't want to be rude but I completely agree with everyone else that has replied to this thread. You say you love Cricket and yada-yada-yada, but I have a hard time believing that you actually believe it is okay to breed her as much as you have. You say that the problems she had for this litter weren't any major, but that was just THIS time. Think about it. Next time it could be much more serious. Think DEATH. Anything can go wrong during a delivery and it is not up to you to decide that Cricket still wants to have puppies. It wears a dog out, just think about having to carry around puppies for your entire life (which it sounds like she has had to do ). I feel sorry for poor Cricket and I really hope you get some sense knocked into you soon.

({Praying for Cricket and for some sanity to return to her owners})