So we have 3 dogs, two American Eskimos, and we recently brought a Pomeranian into the family. My wife is a big animal lover (not like that sickos!), and casually breeds dogs. We've had several litters of Eskimo pups, but this time we decided to mix it up a bit.
"Designer breeds" are apparantly all the rage now in the breeding business, and one of those designer breeds is what's called a "Pomino," which is cross between an American Eskimo and a Pomeranian. So, this past Saturday, our female American Eskimo gave birth to 7 Pomino puppies. While my wife assisted the female with cleaning the puppies off, I, of course, alternated between shooting live video of the entire event and snapping stills.
So, here are pictures of the birth of 7 Pomino puppies.
Let's start with the mother:
And the father:
Obviously, the Eskimo is solid white. Our Pomeranian is mostly white with light brown spots. So, wouldn't you figure, the puppies all came out white with BLACK spots!? Here's the birthing process:
The first two, cleaned up and nursing:
Number 3, still in its sac and being pushed out:
All 7 nursing:
Their first professional photo shoot, the next day:
And one close-up, for good measure:
I shot a lot more than that (close to 150 pics), but I figured I'd spare you the disgusting pics.