The reason is explained below...

Nine Pyrenean Mountain Dog (Great Pyrenees) puppies!

The mother is my dog, Bethan. She gave birth to her litter between midnight last Wednesday night/Thursday morning and 3:30 on Thursday afternoon (the last pup came as quite a surprise!). Suffice to say, I haven’t had a lot of sleep lately and my schedule has gone all to pot. Anyway, both mother and pups and doing well. I’ll try to get my work schedule back on track shortly. In the meantime, I have a few other things (nine to be precise) to attend to...