27th April 2026 - It is the day when the spring puppies of the expected litter "G" with the nickname Gemstone were born. The birth started very quickly shortly before midnight on Sunday, April 26, but the first puppy - a boy - was born on Monday around 01:30. As is often the case, the first "pioneer" troubled Lisbon a little, but in the end she managed everything on her own with a little help from a fellow veterinarian and me. This was followed by a fairly rapid sequence of births of four more puppies, the last one was born around 4:30 in the morning.
We had 4 boys and one girl. All except one male, who is brindle after his father, in fawn color and with black pigment. Birth weights fluctuated from 300g to 350g, except for one male. He was born as the third with a very small birth weight of 200g. He was very weak and the next 24 hours decided that he would unfortunately not stay with us. He went over the rainbow to dog heaven. I am so sorry, I tried so hard and did everything to make him cope. This is the dark side of breeding, which is not talked about much, but unfortunately it is part of breeding.
We are all the more happy about the four remaining puppies, who are doing well and I hope that the new owners will have many wonderful years together.
↓ Here in the photo, all five of them together. The little boy with the orange ribbon went over the rainbow bridge.
