Our gorgeous Nissan-puppies are now 1 week old and growing steady. It took a couple of days before Heera had filled up completely with milk so the weight gain went a little bit slow the first couple of days. But now they have all gained weight well and you can see that they have gotten bigger. Some you can see is trying to open their eyes already, but it will most likely take a couple of days before they start opening for real. 
Enjoy todays new individual photos!

Weights 1 week old:
Mr Black - 769 g
Mr Blue - 876 g
Mr Darkgreen - 829 g
Mr Lightblue - 910 g
Mr Yellow - 862 g
Ms Lightgreen - 890 g
Ms Orange - 848 g
Ms Pink - 796 g
Ms Purple - 814 g
Ms Red - 835 g
Ms White - 770 g

The puppies are doing very well and Heera is a wonderful mother. I took some individual photos of them and here they are!

Our fantastic N-litter is here! Yesterday in the evening Heera started to show signs that things was starting to happen so I told her and Dexter's owners to get prepared. 
At 19.00 pm she had her first contractions and after that everything went fast! At 19.09 the first puppy was born! After that they kept coming with a little bit of rest in between, and what looked like not that much effort. When number four had been born both Dexter's owner Tomas and Heera's owners Mina and Marita arrived and kept us company.
It was nice to be able to share the wonderful experience with them, I love every whelping!
After ten puppies had arrived she had a long break without any contractions. When we were passing 3-4 hours without contractions despite running with her, food, water and rest I started calling around the to animalclinics closest by to see if they could assist us.
Unfortunately they couldn't so we decided to wait a bit longer since I was able to feel a puppy and stimulate contractions. And eventually the contractions started back up again and got closer apart until the puppy finally started to show. 
I had been worried it would be stillborn due to the low contractions and the long time that had gone by, so I can't even describe the relief and happiness I felt when the puppy came out alive and healthy!
Here are the final birthreport:

19.07 - Male, correct, 550 g - Mr BLUE
20.14 - Female, correct, 550 g - Ms LIGHTGREEN
20.49 - Female, correct, 509 g - Ms PURPLE
21.11 - Male, correct, 531 g - Mr YELLOW
23.56 - Male, correct, 570 g - Mr LIGHTBLUE
00.56 - Male, correct, 463 g - Mr BLACK
02.14 - Female, correct, 535 g - Ms PINK
02.42 - Female, correct/singlecrown? 522 g - Ms RED
06.12 - Male, correct, 549 g - Mr DARKGREEN
06.56 - Female, correct, 502 g - Ms ORANGE
12.30 - Female, correct, 527 g - Ms WHITE

Heera did a wonderful job with amazing instincts caring for her puppies right away. Always amazing to see how they just know what to do without being taught. Despite the long resting period she had a very easy delivery.
Now we are happy after some rest and look forward to getting to know these new little once!

Now we are really counting down! Three more days until full term, so my guess is still that she will start before that. She is resting a lot in her puppyroom but still goes out for some strolls and shorter walks.
The temperature outside has been cooler the past few days which I think is good for her, she seems more comfortable and panting less. 
Very excited now to see the puppies she is hiding in there! Next update here will be with puppynews!

Heeras beautiful big belly on day 56. Now the countdown can begin, only one week left to go!

Today I took Heera to the vetclinic for an X-ray to see how many puppies we are expecting. I always do this because it feels good to me during the delivery, to know when we can relax and knowing that the bitch is done, or if there are puppies left if things goes slow.
I am happy to say that we saw 11 puppies in Heeras belly. 
Heera is doing well but the warm weather is affecting her. She mostly wants to just sleep somewhere and her apetite is not great. So for her sake I hope for cooler temperatures next week when she is due to have her puppies.

Sweet Heera and her growing belly! She is doing well but taking it slower, it is heavy to walk around with that big belly in the middle of the summer heat. On Tuesday we are going to the vet to do an X-ray hoping to be able to count how many puppies she is expecting. So more updates after that!

On Thursday Heera was on day 41 of her pregnancy and I recieved some new photos of her and her lovely growing belly. Such a pretty mum to be!
Now it is only a week left before she moves in with us and then two weeks to settle in before her puppies are due.