When Scottish farmer and author James Rebanks (known as Herdwick Shepherd on Twitter) decided to live-tweet his pregnant sheepdog Floss’s labor on Thursday, he had no idea that the miracle of birth would bring him thousands of followers and better yet, 10 puppies!
Read how he chronicled from the first puppy to the 10th below!
Floss, looking up to the challenge ahead of her!
Floss doing fine. No news to report. (Other than she is fed up) pic.twitter.com/rDmIKLHAje
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
The first pup!
One pup. So far… pic.twitter.com/2w5aNTYmiG
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Make that two pups… pic.twitter.com/gs12PhwGfz
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
They keep on coming!
One born every hour here… pic.twitter.com/15xvFHUQpT
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Third pup… pic.twitter.com/7TT27J6CqP
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Predictions on the size of the litter…
I think there will be at least two more… Time will tell… pic.twitter.com/3vj5AzAS3i
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Bundle of puppies… Four and counting… pic.twitter.com/b0K8cdwjgZ
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
A healthy set of lungs so far!
Love the puppy commentary… https://t.co/q43Wm5AsNm
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Pup five… pic.twitter.com/C8DwpV74Dy
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Still more puppies to come!
“I’ve had five puppies… I might have more” pic.twitter.com/084du2hq5y
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Pup six… pic.twitter.com/Xo5HJMvgng
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Floss, taking a breath between births!
Meanwhile Floss is knackered, bless her. pic.twitter.com/VkZx2UGBZJ
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Seven… pic.twitter.com/l2a713V8Gg
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Night falls…
7. Just hope they all make it through their first night. Will check on them later. pic.twitter.com/AVIkiftEBs
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 19, 2015
Well that was epic… TEN pic.twitter.com/Gh8zv8WTpY
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 20, 2015
Hello to the thousand or so new followers in last 24 hours… And 40k old friends… Puppies pic.twitter.com/3yGJwyElPO
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 20, 2015
Ten puppies… In a line (briefly) pic.twitter.com/jAalIaZKeH
— Herdwick Shepherd (@herdyshepherd1) March 20, 2015