Reminder - Guess how many puppies

The turkeys and pies have been eaten, school kids have enjoyed a long four-day weekend break from school, the leaves are falling in abundance now… time is moving on.

And so is Galena’s pregnancy (knock on wood)… The guesses are coming in slowly, but the ultrasound date is coming up fast. This is a reminder that you have just ten more days to submit your guesses for this fall’s edition of our Guess How Many Puppies contest!

If you missed the details in the first post here is a summary: Galena’s first litters consisted of 8 and 6 puppies; her most likely whelping date is estimated to be between 16 and 20 November; and she usually whelps in the afternoons.

You have until 6am on October 24 to send in your guesses – how many puppies, and the date and time the first one arrives – for your chance to win a $10 Timmy’s or Chapter’s gift card!

Happy puppy dreams!

Upcoming Doodle Romps

Saturday 17 October, 16:30

The October Doodle Romp will take place two weeks from this coming Saturday. Note the change in time from the usual 16:00 – this will allow my daughter time to get home from her afternoon activity.

Sunday 15 November, 15:00

In November our family’s Saturdays are crazy busy, so we will shift to Sunday, and move the time up a bit so we can hit the warmest time of day (sort of ) and those people who live a bit farther away can get home before it gets dark. (I expect Galena will hold off delivering her pups until after this date…)

Both of these will take place at DragonRam HQ, our usual meeting spot.

December Christmas Romp

Last year’s Christmas Romp, held indoors at the Ottawa Canine School on St Laurent, proved to be an extremely popular event and one of the best attended Romps all year. Who can argue with success? I will aim to hold this event around December 19-20, depending on availability of the venue. Stay tuned for details! Our puppies will be too little to attend, but Galena should be ble to make it!

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!