1. 7 Members are able to fill in a form to notify the Club that a litter is due to be whelped.

2. Members are able to fill in a form to notify the Club that a litter is due to be whelped.

3. 5 It happened that Jessie and Bluebell had both whelped soon after the hay harvest, giving birth between them to nine sturdy puppies.

4. 6 The process actually began long before they were whelped, when in planning the breeding you considered the characteristics of the sire and dam and their parents, siblings, and other relatives.