Pups Are Here Plus Surprise
Monday, September 22, 2025 at 12:10AM 
First pup born is black and white gal - may have the silvering gene. Yoshi had a big puppy and was struggling to get her all the way out but we knew the pup was fine as it came out head first and had it's head out but not the body.
The puppy weighs 7-3/8oz 210g which is huge for her. I was expecting 4 oz pups.
It has a white blaze on its chest. I am tired so I apologize if photos are not the best but there will be a lot of photos. She was born on September 21 at 11:57PM. The rest will be born on September 22. LOL
Here is the gallery and I will add to it as we go.
Here is the 2nd born and he is a boy. He weighs what I expected 5oz 144g He was born at 1216am. He has tan bleeding through his legs. He has a thin white line on his chest. I think he will be broen and tan.
You can't compare birth weights with Hallie or Nami as they are larger dogs. My expectation was 5oz. It's like the goldfish syndrome. They can only grow as much as there is room. But then read on and you get surprises.
The 3rd is a girl who weighs 5-5/8oz 159g. She has a t shaped blaze on her chest with tan points. She was born at 1250am. She is tan and deep brown.
4th was born at 115am and it is a boy. White blaze around neck and all the way down the tummy with 2 white back paws.
5th one born is a boy. He was born at 148am. He weighs 6-4/8oz 184g He is more white than the rest with a half mask. He's rather cool looking.
Here are the 5 pups. 2 girls, 3 boys. Placentas are still inside so we wait for her to expel them. Nathan went to bed as he has Harlow at the vet in the morning and a car to bring back. It means I will be awake till 1pmish. I am not sure I can but I must - no choice. I am really really tired.
Good news, Dennis fixed the washer so I have 12 loads to do. I am so laughing.
Not a sound out of Yoshi while doing her delivery but antsy and like a moving target. I cleaned her up while Nathan took photos and laid down the blanket Sherry gave to the pups. Thank you, truly!
Now to make coffee as I think I will need a vat.
Pups are gorgeous and momma is really proud!
Then a surprise.
Yoshi had a 6th puppy - a boy and the largest sitting at 8-4/8oz 241g I call him bandid due to his markings. He had a tough time coming out. He was born at 406am. She bit his cord too close so we had to stop the bleeding but he is good and eating.
I feel like a truck hit me and I can't go to sleep until about 1pm.
Yoshi's 6 are all eating and finally Yoshi calmed down. You see she knew she had 6. Nathan even went to bed and I attempted to get the 6th out. Woke up Nathan as she was having difficulties and needed an extra set of hands. We were a good team. We didn't know she had 6 as we were told with the xrays there was 5.
When Nathan gets up again, I have to wash her yet again. I am letting her feed and when the house is up, I will clean her again.
What a week and then the last couple of days.
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Reader Comments (12)
That's a big/good sized puppy, I checked back what other weights were for Hallie and Nami pups. Hope the rest of the deliveries go smoothly.
The rain and thunder are keeping me awake, so what else to do but check for puppies!
Yes #1 was huge for her and it was large to get out but she made room for the rest now. LOL Is it raining? Have not checked. LOL
Wow. Absolutely stunning pups. Good job Darlah, Nathan and Yoshi!! Now hope you can all get some rest.
I can't get rest till after Nathan gets back about noon time. I am actually drinking coffee trying to stay awake.
Yoshi well done. Beautiful pups. Darlah you are an amazing woman!! I don’t know how you stay up. You are exceptional. Congrats 💝
Ronnie: Glad I got your dogs done in time for the holidays. I am toast so it would have been difficult to do it now. I have Hallie and Nami pups to take out after the household gets up. Nathan heads to the vet and the car rental place and I crawl into bed. Need to exercise too,. Yeah - maybe just 6 minutes to maintain my streak. We shall see. You are up early?
Wow, what a night! A 6th puppy aswell! Glad they are all fine, Yoshi too.
I think you can miss the excercise today, that was quite the workout last night/morning. And remember, you need to rest, you don't want to add to your workload 😉, and nutrition too.
Congrats, finish your tasks and rest. Darn, I'm busy this week as well, hopefully I can bring up something for you to eat later.
Congratulations to all. Yoshi, how did you do that?? I love the surprise one, such great markings. Yes, a surprise for sure. Good luck, Darlah for staying awake until 1. I don't know how you do what you do. You are definitely a super hero. What lovely pups. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nathan let me crawl into bed at 730am till 915am. He had told Dennis to let me sleep but too much for 1 person, so I am up. I could not have made it till 1pm. I feel hungry and exhausted but we will get through.
What a surprise. I gather as she is so small that one was hidden in the xrays. The local vet thought 4. Our repro vet thought 5 and 1 being reabsorbed so I went with 5. It was a surprise to us all except Yoshi, I imagine. Long night and it came with its own challenges but Yoshi did amazing. She didn't complain till that last 6th one that ended up being the largest. The smallest at I think 5oz is significantly small than the largest. If I think of it, I will have to do a side by side.
Don't worry, Dorothy. I may just order pizza so we can all eat and not have to do. Appreciate you thinking of us!
Well done Yoshi!! And she couldn’t have done it without you and Nathan, Darlah! I can’t believe she had 6!! Wowsa
Congratulations Yoshi and Talemaker family!!! Such beautiful puppies and what a surprise! Can’t wait to watch this crew in the weeks ahead.
Oh wow, that's quite the surprise. Congratulations Talemaker family, gorgeous puppies as usual