March 19, 2008
After a long day of working hard, our dear Belle produced a lovely, even sized and uniformly colored litter. She had five males that all look much like their sire, Arperla Bjarki did at birth. The lone female is more distinctly marked with a white blaze and collar. As usual, Belle is a wonderful, attentive mom and all pups were born healthy.

Below is the little "belle" of the litter, a female who weighed 11.5 oz and has good double dew claws on both hind legs.
Above center is Male Puppy #1, who was very wiggly and I apologize for the blurry photo. He is however, pretty much identical to his brother Puppy #2 above right. #1 weighed 11.1 oz and #2 weighed 10.8 oz. Both boys have good double dews on their rear legs.
Far left is Male Puppy #3, who weighed 11.4 oz. Near left is Male Puppy #4, who weighed 12.2 oz. Below is Male Puppy #5, the last to be born, who weighed 12.1 oz. All three of these boys have good double dew claws also.
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