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Looking back on the final days of my pregnancies I remember feeling uncomfortable, grouchy and exhausted. After watching Greta the last 24 hours I can safely say, she feels the same way. So I have coined a new phrase for pregnancy.
It certainly describes how I felt and what I am watching now. She tosses, she moves around, she sleeps for a bit, moves around again and then attempts to sleep some more. Yes, just watching her makes me want to cuddle and comfort my girl.
Of course a dogs pregnancy is compressed into such a short time, 58-62 days. Those little puppies grow so fast that by the time she actually knows she has those “biscuits in the oven” they are kicking and swimming around in there and then popping out.
Still each day when I look at my girl flipped over on her back, I can’t help but feel a little nostalgia for the days when I could feel my babies swimming around inside of me.
Meanwhile, it won’t be long now until Greta becomes a full time Mommy.
**We do plan to keep a puppy if Greta has a little girl as sweet as she is. (big smile!) Now we need to think of A names for the puppies. As this is Greta’s first litter, all the puppies must be given A names since the German Dachshund Club requires this. So think away!**
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nycgadgetgirl asked “The club mandates that all the names of pups from a mom’s first litter start with A? Doesn’t that mean there are an inordinate number of Dachshunds with A names running around in Germany? Do they have any name requirements for subsequent litters?”
My answer: “Yes. They follow the Alphabet, so Greta’s next litters will be B, C, D etc. The way they tell each dog apart is by Kennel name. Greta’s babies will be “Dackel Princess” Andy or “Dackel Princess” Anja.
At first it made no sense to me either, but when I realized that only registered Kennels could breed and register dogs, it made a lot of sense. Very orderly. (Alles imordnung)
She’s so cute!
Are you going to keep any of her puppies?
She’s always on her back! How does that joke go? She’s on her back more than a $50 hooker. (?) lol
I wonder if she knows it will be any day soon!
Hey Maribeth, come and do my survey monkey if you please. I need some willing suspects … I mean fabulous bloggers!!!
It’s been a stomach kinda world here lately!!
She must be due in the next two weeks right?
Better her than me!!
♥Pam
What boobies!!! Poor little Greta
That poor girl. I can’t imagine how she feels. Are you keeping any of them?
She’s not going to have ANY problem whatsoever with feeding those pups LOL!
Cal, my old b/f from high school, just called. His german shepherd just had pups…EIGHT! EEK!
‘A’ names…hmmmm
Can’t use Amanda for obvious reasons.
Annabelle
Abigail
Adelaide
Amelia
Amy
Abbey
Alexandra
Arbutus
Aoife
Aisling
Aine (Gaelic for Anne and the two above are also Gaelic)
Alice
Antoinette
Adrienne
Agatha
Agnes
Aileen
Allegra
Alberta
Amaryllis
Amethyst
Angel
Aurora
Averil
Azaria
Athena
Astrid
Artemisia
Ariel
Arabella
April
Annette
Those are the ones I thought of. You should post them on Greta’s site for future parents to choose from!
So, what do you think? I can never name a pet until I meet the pet and spend some time observing. My favorite?? Hmmmm, hands down, Adelaide.
And for German names….
I found this website:
http://www.weddingvendors.com/baby-names/origin/german/
I am sending you another list too.
♥Pam
Do you know how many puppies she’s having? (No idea if they do doggy ultrasounds or not)
I’ll suggest “Allira” which is aboriginal for daughter. 🙂
The club mandates that all the names of pups from a mom’s (afraid b**** would get my comment blocked as spam) first litter start with A? Doesn’t that mean there are an inordinate number of Dachshunds with A names running around in Germany? Do they have any name requirements for subsequent litters?
She looks incredibly cute! (It’s been so long since i’ve visted your blog!) I hope the delivery goes smoothly! 🙂
I like Astrid as well. Nice solid German girl name. = )
I thought Dackel Princess was just the name for your blog not your kennel name as well. I would have thought it would be Greta Abaigail or Greta Alan ot something. Man mutt’s are so much easier to name.
Does her belly touch the floor when she walks?