It was a long night since I thought Dotje still was going to deliver a pup. Her behaviour was the same as during the delivery of her 7 puppies but no contractions came and by 7 in the morning (after we had both had a “super sleep” for 2 hours) I decided enough was enough and we got into contact with the vet. After a long story and to be safe than sorry Dotje was x-rayed to find out for sure if she still had a puppy hiding some where. Thankfully she didn’t otherwise the most probable solution would have been a C-section. Not something I wanted Dotje to have to have.
Thankfully Dot is just a “heavy breather" found to be in perfect health. We left with releaf plus we had a huge complement how lovely Dotje is with her puppies and how trusting she is of the world around her and her pups.
Everyone (dogs) in the house has met the pups now. Non make a fuss, the pups are simply accepted to be part of the family. And Dot was extremely tolerant of the attention knowing the others mean no harm and just want to check out the youngest members of the Kakapo nest.
Dot is eating like a horse so she has plenty to feed her 7 children which at the moment looks something like a non-stop 24 hour “sucking station”.
I don’t tire of looking and looking at them…..

Close-ups of feeding pups always make me smile.
Proud Dotje!
Quiz. There are 7 puppies in this picture. Can you find them all?