Kito has been “nesting” with the materials that we have in her whelping box. She had three long contractions during one of her monitoring sessions today. We are still finding 8 fetal heartbeats consistently and there seems to be a 9th. We are all thinking that she will begin labor sometime on Friday, June 21st. She seems to think that the bed in the master bedroom would be the best place to have puppies and we’ve caught her eyeing the backseat of the Jeep as well! Ultimately, we will not let her snuggle into this pile when she is in labor. We will have her on something waterproof, covered by a flat comforter and sheet(s) while she is whelping. Once the pups are all born, we will clean up and transfer mother and babies onto a big square of vet-bedding that lines the floor of the box.
