Shire Litter

(Tentative date: July 21-24, 2025)
X-ray on 7/14/25 showed 6 puppies
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Pickwick's Judge of Your Own Happiness (Emma)

Sire

GCH CH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star

Possible Names:
Girls:
Pickwick's Mightiest and Fairest (Galadriel) - or Pickwick's Lady of Lothlórien
Pickwick's Brandywine Bridge (Brandy)
Pickwick's Merrier World (Shire)
Pickwick's Reeve of the Yondershire (Rosalinda)
Pickwick's White Lady of Rohan (Éowyn)

Boys:
Pickwick's Tolkien Treasure (JR)
Pickwick's High King of the Ñoldor. (Gil)
Pickwick's One Ring to Rule Them All (Frodo)
Pickwick's Over the Misty Mountains (Bilbo Baggins)
Pickwick's Wisest of the Maiar (Gandalf)

Thorin Oakenshield
Fili
Kili
Balin
Dwalin
Oin
Gloin
Dori
Nori
Ori
Bifur
Bofur
Bombur
Elrond
Thranduil

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Dates:
5/10/25 - 1st blood
5/19/25 - progesterone testing (1.3)
5/21/25 - 2nd progesterone testing (4.4)
5/22/25 - 1st AI (with Robert)
5/25/25 - 2nd AI (with Robert)
6/23/25 - Ultrasound (showed at least 2 puppies)
​7/14/25 - Radiograph showed 6 puppies!
Possible c-section as early as July 21, 2025 (progesterone testing in AM to determine)
​7/24/25 - 63 days from possible ovul.

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Emma, 2 days before her ultrasound, wondering if she is pregnant! 

Ultrasound at Galleria Animal Clinic showed at least one puppy and heartbeats!

Radiograph on 7/14/25 showed 6 puppies! We have scheduled progesterone testing for Monday AM 7/20/25 and the possibility of a c-section that day, or the following days as progesterone level indicates.