Another all nighter :-)

Well, Nina decided she couldn't wait until Dime pup had all gone off to their new homes and went into labour yesterday evening. It was not obvious when she started as all the dogs were panting to some extent and she ate most of her tea, but her eyes told me that something was different.
True to form she held on through most of the night and popped the first pup out at 4:50am (and to add insult to injury, because we have a bit of a full house atm, we have had to set her up in the dining room so I have been on a hard chair all night instead of a comfy sofa!). As quite often is the case, the 1st pup was a bit of a surprise to Nina and it took a few minutes before she would even sniff her let alone clean her up. However, once she realised what was needed she took to her duties like a duck to water.
I am fairly sure she has finished now and she is proud mum to 2 girls and 6 boys, all of which are active healthy babies, though a couple are tiddlers, and all have had a go at the milk bar.
I have every reason to believe these pups will be every bit as good as Cash's litter with Dime, and in fact they should mature a very similar colour as blues often mature to just a shade or two darker than the silvers, they just take a bit longer to get there :-)