I wish I could sleep this easy.

Teeya had her puppies on July 19th. Unlike most Chis, she had FIVE of the little monsters. She has been a wonderful mother to them, and recently weaned them. (BTW--All the puppies are blues; four females, one male, all blue.)

These are the pups now...

So Teeya did her job, and did it well. Then my daughters were handed an orphaned kitten, probably less than three weeks old. Though Teeya's milk dried up when she weaned her pups, she has taken over caring for the little kitten, now named Monkey. Ronald and I have been feeding the little kitten, but Teeya keeps it warm at night, cleans up after it, and has been protecting it from our other dogs (it is so young, I am not quite sure if it is male or female).

This is the best picture I could get of the two; Teeya really doesn't like cameras.

Even in the animal world, motherhood can come in many forms.