10/11/2026
The Hitchhiker Brought Passengers! 🐾❤️
Sue Ward already had a packed minivan full of canine passengers headed north to multiple rescues when a very pregnant Bambi caught her eye.
After a flurry of dramatic text messages, Bambi hitched a ride on Sue’s Labylimo and wound up at our house.
Bambi looked ready to pop the cork en route to Connecticut, or very soon after arrival, so we immediately scuttled her off to Dr. Lambert for her first prenatal visit, and to treat a nasty upper respiratory infection that we hoped would subside by her due date.
X-rays revealed at least six puppies with big heads, and we worried that perhaps Bambi had been knocked up by a Great Dane. Fortunately, our vet was less concerned and felt that she had about two weeks to go until whelping.
Nonetheless, we worried, remembering our Yaya, whose one puppy had the nerve to present breech and instigate an emergency cesarean.
We watched anxiously for the next few days, hovering perhaps unnecessarily, and taking regular temperatures to see if we could predict when she might whelp. We prepared for complications.
Then, on the morning of September 8th, Jeremy found Bambi with six healthy puppies quietly nursing on their tired mama.
Bambi had delivered all six puppies in the middle of the night, with absolutely no help from us!
Clearly, this was not Bambi's first rodeo. 🤣
This astonishing adorable litter of Jack Russell mixes will make their debut at the Connecticut Renaissance Faire at the end of October! 🐶🐾❤️
