Announcing . . . the 'A's !

As you can see from the photo, Pearl is much too exhausted to write her own first blog today. She has thus asked us (her humans) to help her announce the birth last night of her five newest puppies!

Like their mom and dad (Alijah), the pups are full Golden Retrievers. All five (two boys and three girls) arrived as expected, but they took their time - the first (red boy) was born after midnight on May 30th and the last (pink girl) finally made her appearance at around 7:30am.

After taking a well deserved nap, Pearl will be busy thinking up names (beginning with an 'A'), making sure that her pups are nice and clean, and instructing them in the art of dining and napping. After four previous litters of between 9 and 11 puppies, she thinks that raising this litter will be a breeze. (She'll even have a little free time to write her blog).

Pearl's 'A' Pups Family Album:

'Red boy' was born first and is the largest of the five.






He was followed less than an hour later by his brother 'blue boy'.



The girls thought that the boys were in too much of a hurry, so little Miss Purple (the smallest in the litter) waited for another three whole hours (4:20am) before arriving.

Her sister 'green girl' (neon green) made her appearance about an hour later (5:30am).


Finally, the last of the bunch (pink girl) showed up fashionably late, about two hours after her sister. She was also a little shy of the paparazzi.