22-066 Sophia  came to  AGR  with her companion, a large male Golden named  Lucas . We were told that the pair had been found as strays in a canal in Buckeye some time ago – it was never clear if it was 2 weeks, 2 months or a year, as we got a different story from each person in the household. The finder kept the two in a large crate while she tried to locate their owner, but had no success. When Connie transported the dogs to one of our partner veterinarians, the first thing the vet said was,  I hope you’re expecting puppies because this girl is pregnant.  He guessed it would be 5 to 15 days until she whelped. Turns out it was 12. The first family that was contacted about fostering  Sophia  agreed, but the day before they were to get her, they backed out. So, having had two litters born at their house during the last 17 years and numerous young puppies off and on as fosters, AGR President Deb picked her up from the veterinary office   and brought her home. Vaccines and testing, and of course her spay, were held off until after  Sophia  had whelped, which she did on October 4, 2022. Although  Sophia  did appear to be housebroken, Deb didn’t want her wandering around the house at night and perhaps dropping puppies somewhere, so she set up a play yard in her large laundry room. After 5 days, Deb started taking  Sophia’s  temperature every day, as a drop in body temp is an  indication that whelping is close. On day 12, her temp did drop by 1°, so Deb called the Health Care Manager to come over, as Deb had a doctor’s appointment she couldn’t miss. One pup was born before Deb left and another came while she was gone for an hour; the other three appeared later on in the afternoon – a boy, a boy, a girl, a girl and a boy, no runts and no stillborns.