Guess How Many Puppies?!

With Galena being (we hope) pregnant, it is of course time for a new edition of our Guess How Many Puppies contest!!

As usual, we invite you to send us your guess of:

• how many puppies she will give birth to
• the date and time of the arrival of the first pup

The person who guesses the correct number of puppies, with the date and time closest o the actual arrival, wins a $10 Timmy’s or Chapter’s gift card!

This time I can’t pinpoint the date of ovulation – I had her hormones tested based on the timing of her previous three breedings, but she “ripened” a lot faster this time so by the time the test was done she had already ovulated. However, I can estimate that ovulation occurred between 17 and 21 September. Gestation is roughly 63 days, but she has given birth usually on the 60^th day post-ovulation. That would put her most likely whelping date between 16 and 20 November. As for timing, both her previous litters arrive in mid- to late afternoon, and as for number, her first two litters consisted of 8 and 6 puppies.

We will accept guesses until 6am on October 24. Once we announce the initial puppy count from the ultrasound, no more guesses will be allowed. That gives you three weeks to send us your guesses.

So go to it!