Well, much to our disappointment, Ariel had her puppy about two weeks ago. As sometimes happens with older females, she was only carrying one pup.

As also sometimes happens when there's only one pup -- the mother doesn't accept the pup. Ariel immediately didn't like the pup.

But a cool thing happened.

The woman who arranged the breeding in the first place happened to have a client whose Old English sheep dog had a litter of puppies on the same day that Ariel gave birth.

They took Ariel's pup, rubbed her on the Old English puppies so they'd share a scent, and then put her with that litter. The mother accepted her immediately. Obviously, so did her new brothers and sisters.....   here and here