G & G Kennels
Savannah, GA
Savannah, GA
Our journey
This is a journey for both Gracie and our family. I plan to keep a diary of Gracies journey into Motherhood. This should be fun for all of us.
Gracie was born July 28, 2007. Her parents are Big Red Chief out of Ole Plantation Bulldogs and Big Sky's Ranjun. She has been alot of fun to have in the house. But, being a bulldog obedience training was a must. Gracie did not disapoint, She came in 1st in her class. I was so proud of her..She came straight home and promtly jumped up on the counter and grabbed the hotdogs and headed outside. Oh well. We just keep working with her. She has been so much fun this past two years, we really feel that this is a dog that more people need to be aware of, to enjoy and discover for themselves.
October 17, 2009
Gracie is in heat, so we are making plans to drive out to Mississippi. Its about a 10hr trip, so my Husband Brad and myself packed up the food, water, toys and a blanket for Gracie and a pillow for me. We took off on Saturday morning about 5:30 am and I got my coffee. Gracie and I slept for a couple of hours because anyone who knows me, knows I am not a morning person. Gracie was very good on this long trip. She just settled in and when we stopped we would take her out to walk around and relieve herself. We got to our destination around 4:30 pm. Met Moose...What a beautiful dog he is. He is a very happy and friendly dog. Moose tried to introduce himself to Gracie, but she was not interested in any part of him...yet. We left for home, very sad that we were leaving our little girl. We have never left her with anyone this long before.
October 25, 2009
Got a call from John, Gracie and Moose had a successful encounter. My little girl is growing up.
October 28, 2009
Gracie and Moose have been busy this week..Oh my...What is my little girl doing.
October 31, 2009
Brad and I headed back out to Mississippi to pick Gracie up. What a wonderful site to see her. She was so happy to see us! I opened that car door and she bolted in the car probably saying "Get me outta here, you wouldn't believe what happened to me!" We know that she was missing us, whenever we stopped for gas and Brad or I would get out of the car Gracie would get very upset and start crying. Probably thinking we were leaving her again. But all in all we had a good trip home. Gracie was on her best behavior and I jumped in the back to sleep with her for awhile. We got home around 10:30 pm, and Gracie was so happy to get home. Greeted all her playmates Rocky and Matilda and headed around the house to make sure everything was the same.
November 10 , 2009 Day 14
There really is no guarantee to know that Gracie is pregnant. Unfortunatly they don't have pregnacy tests for dogs, and it is usually around 4 weeks to find out for sure. Friends suggested I go buy a pregnacy test to see what it said. I am not feeling like running around the backyard with a stick waiting for Gracie to pee on it! We will just wait and watch her for any differences we may see and the vet will do x-rays on December 16th. The only thing that I have noticed in the past week or so is that Gracie seems to be sleeping more. Other then that she is still my little girl.
November 27, 2009 Day 31
We really don't need a test to know our little girl is pregnant. Her nipples have started swelling considerabley, and as Brad says she is looking a little "thick". He always knows the right words to say. At this point the embryos are about the size of a walnut. Gracie does a lot of sleeping and is not playing with her toys as much. Her appetite has been something else. She has a ravenous appetite, and we really need to keep it under control. Gracie is still being very loving and is sweet and just wants to cuddle on the sofa. We are really enjoying this experience.
December 13, 2009 Day 47
Poor Gracie, she is just so uncomfortable. Unable to find the comfortable postion. Sleeps on the floor alot, seems to prefer the floor to the sofa. Gracie has that pregnacy waddle going on now, very cute to watch her walk. Nipples are large and swelling up and her belly has really swelled. I am really excited that we go to the vet on Wednesday to find our how many pups we can expect. By the looks of her we are thinking five to seven. The pups skin pigment should be all set by now and they just continue to grow.
December 21, 2009 Day 55
My poor baby is just huge!! X rays last week showed 8 pups, but by the look of her???? Gracie barely ate anything, A couple of nibbles but really not interested like she normally is. This is an indication that labor should be about 10 - 24 hours away. Just a waiting game now.
December 22, 2009 Day 56
Gracies temp was 98 this morning and 99 this afternoon. She is staying very close to me. You can hear those little heart beats when its really quiet and you put your ear to her tummy:) Gotta say, I have never seen a dog with so many different size nipples. She has big ones and little ones, thick ones and thin ones. Those pups are gonna being fighting over them.
Puppies arrived on Christmas Day!! First one was at 3:30pm and the last one at 2:35am. It was a long day and needless to say my Christmas dinner was ruined, but that is perfectly o.k. Gracie has 13 pups and one of them did not make it. But, we are very happy to say the remaining 12 are happy, healthy and vocal. I will be posting pictures shortly. But here are a couple that I took.
Puppy number 1
First 6 pups
Day - All dried off and looking good.
Day 1....Whew what a day we had yesterday! Everyone is happy and full.
July 26, 2010
We all had so much fun going through this experience we are ready to do it again..or I should say Gracie is going to do it again!! I know she will have another litter of beautiful pups and Gracie is a wonderful Mom!! I will update as the time draws closer.
Gracie was born July 28, 2007. Her parents are Big Red Chief out of Ole Plantation Bulldogs and Big Sky's Ranjun. She has been alot of fun to have in the house. But, being a bulldog obedience training was a must. Gracie did not disapoint, She came in 1st in her class. I was so proud of her..She came straight home and promtly jumped up on the counter and grabbed the hotdogs and headed outside. Oh well. We just keep working with her. She has been so much fun this past two years, we really feel that this is a dog that more people need to be aware of, to enjoy and discover for themselves.
October 17, 2009
Gracie is in heat, so we are making plans to drive out to Mississippi. Its about a 10hr trip, so my Husband Brad and myself packed up the food, water, toys and a blanket for Gracie and a pillow for me. We took off on Saturday morning about 5:30 am and I got my coffee. Gracie and I slept for a couple of hours because anyone who knows me, knows I am not a morning person. Gracie was very good on this long trip. She just settled in and when we stopped we would take her out to walk around and relieve herself. We got to our destination around 4:30 pm. Met Moose...What a beautiful dog he is. He is a very happy and friendly dog. Moose tried to introduce himself to Gracie, but she was not interested in any part of him...yet. We left for home, very sad that we were leaving our little girl. We have never left her with anyone this long before.
October 25, 2009
Got a call from John, Gracie and Moose had a successful encounter. My little girl is growing up.
October 28, 2009
Gracie and Moose have been busy this week..Oh my...What is my little girl doing.
October 31, 2009
Brad and I headed back out to Mississippi to pick Gracie up. What a wonderful site to see her. She was so happy to see us! I opened that car door and she bolted in the car probably saying "Get me outta here, you wouldn't believe what happened to me!" We know that she was missing us, whenever we stopped for gas and Brad or I would get out of the car Gracie would get very upset and start crying. Probably thinking we were leaving her again. But all in all we had a good trip home. Gracie was on her best behavior and I jumped in the back to sleep with her for awhile. We got home around 10:30 pm, and Gracie was so happy to get home. Greeted all her playmates Rocky and Matilda and headed around the house to make sure everything was the same.
November 10 , 2009 Day 14
There really is no guarantee to know that Gracie is pregnant. Unfortunatly they don't have pregnacy tests for dogs, and it is usually around 4 weeks to find out for sure. Friends suggested I go buy a pregnacy test to see what it said. I am not feeling like running around the backyard with a stick waiting for Gracie to pee on it! We will just wait and watch her for any differences we may see and the vet will do x-rays on December 16th. The only thing that I have noticed in the past week or so is that Gracie seems to be sleeping more. Other then that she is still my little girl.
November 27, 2009 Day 31
We really don't need a test to know our little girl is pregnant. Her nipples have started swelling considerabley, and as Brad says she is looking a little "thick". He always knows the right words to say. At this point the embryos are about the size of a walnut. Gracie does a lot of sleeping and is not playing with her toys as much. Her appetite has been something else. She has a ravenous appetite, and we really need to keep it under control. Gracie is still being very loving and is sweet and just wants to cuddle on the sofa. We are really enjoying this experience.
December 13, 2009 Day 47
Poor Gracie, she is just so uncomfortable. Unable to find the comfortable postion. Sleeps on the floor alot, seems to prefer the floor to the sofa. Gracie has that pregnacy waddle going on now, very cute to watch her walk. Nipples are large and swelling up and her belly has really swelled. I am really excited that we go to the vet on Wednesday to find our how many pups we can expect. By the looks of her we are thinking five to seven. The pups skin pigment should be all set by now and they just continue to grow.
December 21, 2009 Day 55
My poor baby is just huge!! X rays last week showed 8 pups, but by the look of her???? Gracie barely ate anything, A couple of nibbles but really not interested like she normally is. This is an indication that labor should be about 10 - 24 hours away. Just a waiting game now.
December 22, 2009 Day 56
Gracies temp was 98 this morning and 99 this afternoon. She is staying very close to me. You can hear those little heart beats when its really quiet and you put your ear to her tummy:) Gotta say, I have never seen a dog with so many different size nipples. She has big ones and little ones, thick ones and thin ones. Those pups are gonna being fighting over them.
Puppies arrived on Christmas Day!! First one was at 3:30pm and the last one at 2:35am. It was a long day and needless to say my Christmas dinner was ruined, but that is perfectly o.k. Gracie has 13 pups and one of them did not make it. But, we are very happy to say the remaining 12 are happy, healthy and vocal. I will be posting pictures shortly. But here are a couple that I took.
Puppy number 1First 6 pupsDay - All dried off and looking good.Day 1....Whew what a day we had yesterday! Everyone is happy and full. July 26, 2010
We all had so much fun going through this experience we are ready to do it again..or I should say Gracie is going to do it again!! I know she will have another litter of beautiful pups and Gracie is a wonderful Mom!! I will update as the time draws closer.
