Lula was due to have her 4th litter of puppies on September 15th(The picture above is Lula on Monday, the 13th). This fell right in the middle of the school week and Ashley really wanted to be there for the birth of the puppies. So in the weeks leading up to the due date, Ashley had numerous talks with Lula about how she needed to wait to have them at a time when she wasn't at school. Her day of choice was Friday, the 17th since she didn't have school that day. The breeders had taken Lula's temperature on Sunday evening and told us that according to her temperature, she should have the puppies within 24 hours. When Monday came and went, they started to worry, so they asked me to bring Lula over there during the day so they could keep an eye on her. Nothing happened all day.. On the morning of the 15th, they started to worry, so they took her in for an ultrasound to find out how many puppies there were. They were worried that she wasn't going into labor because she only had 1 puppy(this happened with one of their other dogs). The vet could see 4-5 puppies, so they weren't sure what was taking Lula so long. I told them about Ashley's talks with Lula and we had a good laugh about it. We brought Lula back home Wednesday afternoon and she started acting anxious that evening around 10:30. Alyssa, Danny. and Ashley took her over to the breeder's house, and Ashley stayed with her to keep her company. They left Ashley and Lula in their garage and went off to bed, thinking that nothing would happen until morning. Ashley said that they hadn't been gone long when Lula started acting funny. Ashley checked her out and saw the first puppy coming out. She got the attention of the breeders and they had a long night. Danny and I went to bed shortly after the first puppy was born and told them to text us when Lula was all done so that we could get Ashley. They brought her home around 3 am. Lula had 4 puppies (3 boys and 1 girl). We let Ashley sleep in the next morning and go to school late.
She is a good mama dog and takes good care of her pups. Ashley goes over to spend time with them every day.
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