Breeding, Ultrasound, X-rays and Waiting .... Korina was bred to Hanford and his son Baumann on September 18th and 19th at the CCI Northwest Kennels in Santa Rosa.  Hanford is known for his "all black" litters, while Baumann (like Korina) often has yellow puppies. A month later, on October 10th, Korina went back to CCI for her sonogram to confirm that she had "puppies on board."  Dr. Ruth has the girls lie in a cushy-foam pad, shaves their tummies, and then applies the goo so that we get a good image.  Little circular blobs appear and heart-beats confirm that she has a "half a dozen or so." A week before she is due we head back for a final X-ray so we can get a clearer picture, literally, of the number of puppies.  A head-spine count shows Six puppies.  Soon the Whelpwise Monitor arrives and we begin to monitor the uterine contractions, and using a portable sonogram to locate and listen to the heartbeats of each puppy.  Rather than just "sitting around and watching the dog," now we hooked the monitor up every couple of hours to track the progress of puppies and expected their arrival.

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Laid back for her Sonogram.	D. Ruth finds "a half a dozen" heartbeats.
In the circle, right blob is the puppy.	We leave CCI loaded with puppy supplies.
The black dots help count puppy skulls.	Puppy locations are marked for monitoring.
Monitoring and finding pups with the sonogram.	It's nice to have friends to wait with you.
And so she waited ....	And waited ...