I know you have all been waiting patiently for puppypictures and here they are! On the photos the puppies are 1 and 2 days old.
They are all doing very well, strong, eating well and sleeping a lot and talking a lot! They have all gained weight nicely and Mira is doing a wonderful job!

1. Female - Ms Orange - Birth: 628 g - 2 days old: 822 g
2. Male - Mr Blue - Birth: 677 g - 2 days old: 790 g
3. Female - Ms Pink - Birth: 603 g - 2 days old: 784 g
4. Female - Ms Red - Birth: 580 g - 2 days old: 714 g
5. Male - Mr Green - Birth: 692 g - 2 days old: 860 g
6. Female - Ms Purple - Birth: 479 g - 2 days old: 610 g
7. Male - Mr Lightblue - Birth: 656 g -2 days old: 780 g
8. Female - Ms Brown - Birth: 552 g - 2 days old: 662 g

So yesterday they were born, my precious little once! I took photos of their heads and ridges then but didn't have time to go trough them until today. But now here they are!
Presenting our little High-puppies as newborns.

So finally our H-litter puppies are here! (And the theme I have picked for this litter is High, names will be announced later.)
Yesterday afternoon around 2 pm I started to see a change in Mira's behaviour. She has been breathing heavily for a while but she was now panting with open mouth and also started to nest, scratching around her blankets in the puppybox. 
This to mean showed that she was in the openingstage of the delivery. This can take up to 24 hours until the acctual labour starts, so I knew I would have some waiting to do!
In the evening I made up the couch next to the puppybox for me to sleep in and went to bed. She did not have any contractions yet so with my experience I knew I should try to get some sleep, it would be a long day ahead of us.
Mira who normally is not allowed onto this couch of course wanted to sleep next to me, and I couldn't say no! So she took up at least half the bed and was breathing heavy pretty much all night long so the whole bed was shaking!
Inbetween us going outside, getting water, her nesting we did get some rest/sleep even though it wasn't as much as I wished for.
Early this moring at 04.22 am I noticed the first contraction and I thought finally! Here we go! But it doesn't really go that fast. It takes time to get the contractions stronger and for the first puppy to come over the pelvis into the birthcanal. 
After a few hours she wanted to go to the dogs livingroom and up onto their couch, and I decided to let her have the first puppy whereever she wanted. So at 08.04 am our first babygirl was born on the couch! 
A strong girl weighing 628 grams. The rest of the puppies were born in the puppybox and they all came easily. Mira was doing good the whole day, of course tired in between the delivery of each puppy but good appetite and she took excellent care of her newborns.

Below are a list of the order, time and weight of the puppies:

1. Female - Ms Orange - 08.04 am, 628 g - Singlecrown
2. Male - Mr Blue - 09.36 am, 677 g - Correct ridge
3. Female - Ms Pink - 09.43 am, 603 g - Correct ridge (perhaps a little bit short?)
4. Female - Ms Red - 10.28 am, 580 g - Correct ridge
5. Male - Mr Green - 10.52 am, 692 g - Correct ridge
6. Female - Ms Purple - 11.14 am, 479 g - Correct ridge
7. Male - Mr Lightblue - 11.44 am, 656 g - Correct ridge
8. Female - Ms Brown - 14.14 pm, 552 g - Correct ridge

So at home we have 8 puppies, 5 girls and 3 boys. 1 girl has a singlecrown (incorrect) and 1 of the girls might have a little bit to short ridge, time will tell how it will look!
I have done a first quick check for DS (dermoid sinus) and did not find any. They have very little white, no kinked tails or other faults descovered at this point.

All the puppies are doing well, they are nursing and sleeping and talking. Mira has spend most of the afternoon sleeping but is doing very well too. Amazing how she just automaticly just knows what to do and takes care of her little once. So proud of her!
Now it is time for me to get some rest aswell. I have taken individual photos of the puppies and will publish them tomorrow. Until then you can enjoy some photos from the delivery and afterwards below.

For you who are on my waitinglist for a puppy, I will contact you within the next few days!

Mira is today on day 59 of her pregnancy. I have seen a big change in her behaviour during the day. We started with a calm morning and a walk and then my sister came and we took some photos of Mira and her belly.
Around lunch we went for another short and slow walk and Mira seemed happy and walked along easily.
After lunch she got to move into her new puppypen/box downstairs and I have been laying out all the things I need for the delivery, towels, blankets, a scale, puppycollars and so on. In the early afternoon she started breathing heavier than before and she has been moving around her blankets in her bed a lot. I believe she is in the first stage of delivery, this stage can take a long time, up to 24 hours (it did for her mum Moa her first time). She is still eating her food which they often stop doing when the delivery is close, but there as exeptions... Some hungry dogs will eat anything they are offered and during the whole delivery!
I have also seen some milk leaking from her tits, also a sign that we are close to delivery since it means that the wax that normally covers the openings of the breast during the pregnancy has gone.
So judging by her behaviour I do believe we will have puppies within the next couple of days!
So now keep your fingers crossed for her!

Below are a few photos from this morning, and below them some photos from this afternoon in the puppybox. 

Today Mira is on day 58 of her pregnancy. Since I got home I have seen a big difference, of course her belly is bigger but she is struggling now. Her legs and paws are swollen and her eyes look very tired. She is ok when we are out walking and sleeps a lot. But she is uncomfortable at times and I can see she is having a hard time to find a good way to sleep.
All I can say is that I am happy for her sake that it is now only a matter of days until the puppies are here with us. 
Since last time I wrote I got a new idea... I had prepared the puppybox upstairs in our dogs own room but I decided I wanted to give Mira a safe place downstairs instead. For me it is more easy during the days to keep and eye on her and her puppues aswell as the other dogs and my daughter Ellen.
So when I got up this morning I drove and bought everything I needed and started building! It is almost finished, it is a puppypen more than a box as the old on is upstairs. Here the sides are high with an opening for Mira to get in and out. I will be able to close it to keep the other dogs out and the puppies in.
As the puppies grow I will make the playpen bigger and bigger.
I hope no puppies will arrive tonight, I need tomorrow to finish it and get myself mentally prepared for the delivery!
Below are a few mobilephonephotos of Mira and her big belly relaxing in our garden and tonight checking out the new puppypen. Hopefully I will get some help to take some real photos of her tomorrow with my camera!

Today I went to vetclinic for X-ray of Mira and her big belly. The pictures are not very good for you to see, but we are sure to see 6-8 puppies. I did expect more because she is big. But we will see. It is a bit early for X-rays and you never know, someone could be hiding. But at least now I know to expect at smaller litter and I can't wait to see them in two weeks!

Mira is today on day 49 of her pregnancy which means only 2 more weeks to go! The puppies are now so big that I have started to feel them move around in her belly. I can see that Mira is a bit uncomfortable from time to time. I can only imagine how it feels!
But she is still doing good, apetite as good as it has been the whole time and she still comes on our walks. It has been warm lately though which means less long walks and not much during the warm hours of the day. But she enjoys to lay out sunbathing!
Tomorrow I am heading to veterinaryclinic to take an X-ray of her belly. I normally do it a little bit later in the pregnancy but since I am flying to Croatia tomorrow I need to do it now, it will be too late when we get home.
I hope to be able to count how many puppies she has in that belly and be prepared for her delivery! So new update hopefully tomorrow!

Yesterday Mira was on day 42 counting from the first mating. She only has three more weeks to go and her belly is really starting to grow now. The puppies are now getting larger and larger and taking up more room in her belly. 
The next few weeks we have some busy days ahead of us. On Saturday I am getting married and a few days after that we are going to Croatia for one week holiday. 
When I come back Mira is due to whelp in about 6 days. So to make sure she is comfortable at home when we are away I decided to prepare the puppybox for her today. She was born in the same puppybox about 2 years and 9 months ago, and now it is her turn! to use it. She seems comfortable in it so far at least, with company from her mother.

Today I went to the vet to check on Mira's mum who has been caughing, but luckily she was just fine again but I still went to just make sure. And since I was there I asked my vet to do an ultrasound on Mira since I did it only by myself the first time. The puppies are now bigger and we could see them move around and also see little heartbeats! We tried to count them which is very hard, but we think we saw atleast 10! And Mira is already very big so I do believe she has a bunch of little once hiding in her belly!
Below are a little video of one of the puppies! Enjoy!

Mira is today on day 35 of her pregnancy and she is doing well. We have now made it over halftime! Can't believe we only have 4 more weeks to go before the puppies will be born.
She is growing steadily and in only one week there is a big difference in her belly, and still it is around the final three weeks that the puppies really grow, and so also her belly.
She eats like horse and seems to be hungry all the time. Today she had vomited without me seeing it, but it doesn't seem to bother her. I think she is like normal in all other ways, still comes on our walks and takes of running with the other dogs from time to time. 
Below are some new photos of her and her belly taken earlier today. Enjoy!