Last Thursday our beautiful female Great Dane went into labor. I tweeted as each one was born. There were 8 in total, 3 girls and 5 boys. The biggest and the runt were both girls.
Sadly yesterday the runt quit nursing while we were at the office, and although I force feed it every hour throughout the night, it passed away sometime between 4 and 5 am.
Below are some pics of the babies. I put a sprite can in the picture for a point of size reference. Remember, these guys are just under a week old and they are this big!! The first 2 are of the biggest which is a girl. :)
Just wanted to share the beautiful-ness that has graced our house. :)
Carolyn - ShareASale
February 18th, 2009, 02:36 PM
they are so sweet and beautiful!!! I'm so sorry to hear about the little one, but I'm sure she'll be back again for another round :) Anddd!!! They're doubly cool because we all share the same bday! YAY PUPPIESNME!
Geno Prussakov
February 18th, 2009, 02:36 PM
They are too cute. :cheerful:
Geno
ladidah
February 18th, 2009, 02:37 PM
Wow, congrats! I saw your tweets and didn't get a chance to congratulate you!
Sorry about the little runt. :(
Was the dad a Great Dane too? So, what are you going to do with the pups?
KimSalvino
February 18th, 2009, 02:38 PM
How adorable! :)
loxly
February 18th, 2009, 02:46 PM
Awesome! Great job by mom. Is it her first litter?
knight01
February 18th, 2009, 02:47 PM
Congrats as the Kinsey clan keeps growing!
Kristin Kinsey
February 18th, 2009, 02:47 PM
Shea is a champion great dane at 130 lbs, and the Dad is also a champion blue great dane about 170 lbs.
They are a very special breed that takes very special owners, that we are working with to match perfectly to their pup. :) One or two may find their way into our pack.
Kristin Kinsey
February 18th, 2009, 02:49 PM
Awesome! Great job by mom. Is it her first litter?
It was and she is a pro.
ayakobing
February 18th, 2009, 03:00 PM
They are too cute. I love dogs and would love to become a dog owner someday...
purplebear
February 18th, 2009, 03:01 PM
Congratulated ya and offered condolences too for the little girl on twitter but wanted to comment on the photos here, too. Sooooooo cute. :) In the one photo he/she's stickin his/her little tongue out. lol :)
I propose since Carolyn and the puppies have the same birthday, ya name one of em after her (preferably the one stickin their tongue out lol :) just teasin ya Carolyn:angelic: ) Mama looks a bit tired in photo but agree....she's a great mommy doggie :thumbup2: Enjoy the puppies:):) and get some sleep your self :)
Stephanie Lichtenstein
February 18th, 2009, 03:59 PM
They are adorable you should name one of them sprite. :)
Kristin Kinsey
February 18th, 2009, 04:03 PM
They are adorable you should name one of them sprite. :)
Maybe the smallest boy? :angelic:
Stephanie Lichtenstein
February 18th, 2009, 04:05 PM
I say whichever one is closest in size to the Sprite can. :)
Wow, those are ridiculously cute pups. I can hardly imagine having 8 or 9 Great Danes running around the house. Good luck with that! :)
Thanks for sharing the pics.
mellie
February 18th, 2009, 08:35 PM
Adorable, congrats.
Rhia7
February 18th, 2009, 08:50 PM
They're really cute!
I live in an apartment with a no-pets policy but one of my aunts has 5 dogs at her house :)
2busy
February 18th, 2009, 09:03 PM
Cutest little furbabies :) I just love 'em, don't know what I would do with that many growin' up in my house, but they are adorable! :D
MattMcWilliams
February 19th, 2009, 10:09 AM
Awwww! They are so cute Kristin.
I don't if we could handle more dogs...we have two weimaraners who keep us very busy :)
Sorry about the little one.
Have fun with them!
Kristin Kinsey
February 19th, 2009, 10:22 AM
Thanks you all!
Fortunately we have a very large bathroom which is where they are at the moment in a very large bed. As soon as they get their legs under them and can keep their body temp up no problem, they will earn run of the kitchen. Fortunately it is large as well with a dinning area. We took the dinning run table out and put it in the garage so they have lots and lots and lots of open space, although it will probably make cooking dinner a challenge .. lol!
There eyes should be opening any day to the next week or so. Will post more pics soon.
We weighed the biggest girl yesterday and she was already just about 3 pounds!
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