For those who know me well, I have had a journey of ups and downs in my cavalier king charles breeding program. I have had many missed pregnancies, and re-absorbed puppies or puppies that have been DOA. Breeding is not for the faint of heart at the best of times, but sometimes it feels like the stars are not alinging.
Miss Tori is almost 3, and fully health tested. This was her first litter, and between you and me, she isnt the best eater. I was not sure how pregnancy would go for her. Surprisingly she took to pregnancy quite well and was looking rather round. I suspected maybe 6 on board.

Cavaliers are a little sneaky and like to give birth on day 58-61 rather than waiting the full 63 days, so when she started to show some signs of digging and restlessness on day 60 I watched her even closer than I had been before.
I slept overnight beside her, but it wasn’t until Tuesday that it seemed like things were kicking into gear. She didn’t want me to leave her side and wanted to pee frequently – both favorable signs.


The snood around her ears protects her ears from getting tangled/mucky during the birth process.
Around 9pm she started to push actively and at 9:20pm we had our first baby – a little girl


by 10:15pm she had her second little girl


By this stage I was surprised we got 2 blenheims – so when baby girl 3 came and it was a tri, I was so excited – another girl


I was starting to think maybe we were going to have a litter of all girls, but no baby 4 was a boy


Then another blen boy at 12:15


And one final boy arrived just after 1.


Tori was an absolute rockstar and already loves her babies – she licks them and pushes them close to her.


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