# We got'sch PUPPIES! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574 "2022-02-16T03:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/81 "2023-09-06T02:46:56Z")
Happy Birthday, **carnut**! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/82 "2023-09-06T02:51:02Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Shimmer is doing a good job! I love how happy she looks being a mama! Who’s a good girl?! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/83 "2023-09-06T02:51:47Z")
Yes happy birthday @carnut and pups, of course!!🎉🎉🎉 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/84 "2023-09-07T00:11:59Z")
Today’s pic of Shimmer and the four puppies sleeping. [![](https://i.imgur.com/PHKbGub.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/PHKbGub.jpg) The puppies have grown so much so quickly that my landlady has already replaced the color ribbons she gave them immediately after birth. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/85 "2023-09-07T00:13:30Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > They’re adorable! Mom and pups, all of them. > > Are you going to have her spayed? I have a definitive answer to this question now from last year. Noelle was artificially inseminated a short time ago, but we don’t know yet if she’s pregnant with her fourth litter. It’ll be hard to tell; she’s kinda big as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/86 "2023-09-07T00:17:39Z")
Is she a registered dog? I don’t know the rules for show dog breeds, but a racing thorughobred horse has to be inseminated naturally, stallion to mare. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/87 "2023-09-07T00:18:59Z")
I’m not sure, but it’s not the first time my landlady has done artificial insemination, and she’s open about it, so I assume it doesn’t disqualify. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/88 "2023-09-07T13:01:57Z")
It’s probably sampling error, but it looks like the puppies sleep individually. The (just two) litters of kittens I took care of tended to form piles and clumps. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/89 "2023-09-12T01:34:46Z")
More pictures, please! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/90 "2023-09-12T02:26:40Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > but it looks like the puppies sleep individually. The (just two) litters of kittens I took care of tended to form piles and clumps. My parents raised huskies, German shepherds, and English bulldogs, and all the puppies slept in piles. I often wondered how the ones on the bottom breathed, but that’s where they all most liked to be. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/91 "2023-09-12T02:28:35Z")
They’re sleeping in herds. They _do_ sleep in herds. [![](https://i.imgur.com/A9CjkbJ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/A9CjkbJ.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/H4r1wcw.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/H4r1wcw.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/92 "2023-09-12T02:36:00Z")
\<3 \<3 \<3 ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/93 "2023-09-12T02:55:48Z")
So cute, especially Mom. She looks so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/94 "2023-09-12T02:56:32Z")
So fat ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/95 "2023-09-12T03:12:21Z")
Jurassic dogs? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/96 "2023-09-12T03:21:05Z")
@Baker understood that reference. MOAR PUPPIES! [![](https://i.imgur.com/jWq4yXt.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/jWq4yXt.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/Etkblan.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Etkblan.jpg) Shimmer understands the assignment. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/97 "2023-09-12T03:37:00Z")
Look at them fat tails. So cute ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/98 "2023-09-18T03:53:35Z")
I took some more pictures today which I’ll post tomorrow, but I wanted to share this news: Another of our landlady’s dogs, Woo, is in season, and we’ve brought in a handsome boy named Lance to breed her. And to tell them apart at a glance, there’s a necktie on Lance’s collar, and it’s so cute. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/99 "2023-09-19T02:06:51Z")
Woo, more cuteness to come! Thanks @ekedolphin ! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574/100 "2023-09-19T02:42:46Z")
Two from last night: [![](https://i.imgur.com/ha8NtgP.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ha8NtgP.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZkbwB95.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZkbwB95.jpg) And one from tonight: [![](https://i.imgur.com/FozxGxq.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/FozxGxq.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574.md?page=6)