Dexter was 1 on friday the 12 and on sat the 13 he became a dad, no you have not read this wrong i too am still in shock considering i had him done a few weeks ago. You could say he left me a little present, i now have a beautiful black and white sringador. Ellie my yellow 8 year old lab who is a big girl anyway due to a phantom preg when she was 2 (gained weight and saggy boobs) gave no clue that she was pregnant at all.

Last week she looked a bit bigger and her boobs were swollen so while at the vet having murphys staples out from the big fight last week i asked for something for ellie as i saw some milk in one boob. Isaid she was having a phantom pregnancy again and that although not upset in anyway needed the milk gone as not fair on her. I gave her one dose in her evening meal which now in hindsight she threw up. She barked at 1 and 4 am so i went down to her where she went out for a wee then trotted in (never does that during the night) anyway my hubby had to work saturday so I was up at 5am, next i heard ,pauline you had better get up ellies had a puppy i shot down like a women possessed and there it was a little girl!

She went on to have two little boys 1 lived for the day, the other boy was stillborn along with its sister. but ellie and her daughter are doing very well so she at least has something to show for her hard work, it took all day Saturday and Sunday. Dexter certainly shocked us as he must have been only 10 months when he got it together with ellie(night time or while i was at work) he was 11 months when done . I am posting some photos of the new addition hope you like?

As you can see from the pics Murphey and Dexter seem to have forgotton about last weeks fight!

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What a bizarre turn of events!Don't know wether to wish him a belated birthday or give him a big cigar! Good luck with the new arrival. Have you chosen a name yet? Can't wait to see some more pics of them all together

Tracey x 2

omg.....bet that was the biggest shock of your life eh???!!! are you going to keep the little one then??? lovely pics by the way

OMG!!!!!!

Heck

Are you going to keep your pressie? I heard of OH giving puppy as presents but never the dog!!! Is Dexter taking his reponisblities seriously?

Lovely pics by the way.

That little surprise may also go a long way towards explaining the change in behaviour........

Yes i am of course planning on keeping her i could not part with her as ellie is 8 and will not be here forever so her one and only baby is very special. We are calling her tara and she is growing by the day, dexter has had a sniff through the child gate as he heard her making them very cute puppy noises and wondered what ellie had in the conserveatory. He seems rather confused as to what it is but i let him check her out on a daily basis so he knows she is here to stay. It is so weird to think i have a puppy when my other baby Dexter is only 1 himself ,it hit home yesterday when he lept on my knee for a baby cuddle and fell asleep bless him .

Aww the puppy is gorgeous wot a brilliant surprise!! Wow!!