In The Light Of A New Day.....

Well, I must say this is somewhat of an embarrassing post to write!  This is not my first rodeo and I certainly know how to sex puppies!  But...... as I mentioned last night towards the end of Lexi's labor I did a head count and noticed there was a pup that was unaccounted for on my log.  I was keeping track of sex and time of birth as they came.  I thought!   Anyway, once I made the discovery I didn't want to disturb all these newly born pups in order to do a recount of sex.  Today was a new day and everyone has settled nicely.  Lexi is content and the pups are being pups alternating their time between eating and sleeping.  So as promised, I got everyone weighed and marked them with their first colored baby collars.   While I did that I double checked sex and to my surprise, I discovered.... and this is the embarrassing part.... a male pup!  In my defense I had the lights on low for Lex and those umbilical cords can apparently hide the goods.  Embarrassing or not, I was very happy to inform Nick, who has been waiting for awhile now, that in fact Lexi came through for him!  I have, in the past, been in the position of waiting for a pup that never came. It's disappointing and knowing how it feels, I hate disappointing others.   So the final count, checked and double checked... 11 pups, 8 girls and 3 boys!!! 
The pups that are being docked will be docked on Wednesday.  Purple, chosen by Kristin and Blue, chosen by Michaela will retain their natural tails.
I had hoped to get the weights posted and maybe a few photos of the pups donning their new gear today but time is running short so I'll aim to get it done tomorrow.  I will say, these pups all weighed in very close to each other!  The smallest is just under a pound, weighing in at 15 ounces.  The largest which just so happens to be a male is 1 pound 4 ounces.  We have 5 pups that weigh 1 pound even, 3 pups that weigh 1 pound 2 ounces, one of which is male, and one pup also male that is 1 pound 3 ounces.  Lexi did a fabulous job!