[The_Momma_Bear]

Here it is late Saturday and no puppies yet. I should mention that today is day 61.

Yesterday her temp dropped to 98.7 and she had some discharge.
Today her temp was 98.1. Still a little sticky discharge.
She has eaten very little...and only if I hand feed her. I've offered her
whelping pudding, cottage cheese and she ate a little fresh browned ground
beef. She has been laying around and napping a lot, but can't quite seem to get comfortable. All this I have attributed to first stage of labor. It has been going on since yesterday afternoon.

In the past hour she has been breathing a little more deeply, but not panting.
And just now began some shivering. It is colder than usual in Florida,
but it is warm in the house. She has also been licking her vulva more.
Is it safe to assume we have entered into stage 2?

As "ready" as I have been, all of a sudden I'm excited and nervous.
I know her temp dropped early yesterday, just seems like the onset of the
stage 2 has taken kind of long. How long can she go like this
before I should worry?

This is her second litter. First litter she had two puppies with no complications
and it was "text book". This time she has four puppies and it seems so different. I should've known no two litters are the same!