Guess How Many Puppies - Galena edition

Okay folks, time to gear up for another round of our "Guess how many puppies" contest!!



Galena

This will be Galena’s third litter.
In her first two litters, she had:

• 6 puppies
• 8 puppies.

Galena came into heat on February 28. She was in LH surge (a key hormonal precursor to ovulation) on Friday 6 March, ovulated on Sunday 8 March and was bred on Tuesday 10 March by artificial insemination.

The scientists tell us that the whelp date is generally 63 days post-ovulation, give or take three days, no matter what day the dog was actually bred. Day 63, counting from March 10, would be May 9, so according to the scientists, whelping should occur any time between May 6 and May 13. Galena tends to be on the early side; for her first two litters she whelped on day 59 and 60. That would make it May 5 or 6. Both litters arrived in the afternoon and early evening starting around 2:30 pm.

Contest parameters

Each guess must include:

• the name of the dam it is for (Galena or Topaz - see March 24 post for info on the Topaz edition)
• number of puppies
• date of whelping (birth)
• time of birth of the first puppy

Deadlines
Galena: 11:59pm on Monday April 6
Galena is scheduled for an ultrasound on the morning of April 6, at which time we will get a preliminary puppy count. We’ll post the results by the morning of April 7, so all guesses must be made before the count is made public.

Prizes

The prize for the person who guesses the correct number of puppies and has the date and time of whelping closest to the actual date and time of the first puppy’s birth will win a $10 gift card to your choice of Tim Horton's, Starbucks or Chapters. (While members of my immediate family – me and my kids –  submit guesses, if one of us wins it’s the next closest who gets the prize.)

Send your guesses in now!