Update:
abridged
is the single pup she produced ON MY BED of course, after I had made her several alternative dens for the occassion. I was going to keep him, but when he was near 3 months old one of my punters made an offer I couldn't refuse and bought him for his seven year old daughter who named him Popcorn. (Bichon, of course, $700 ..)
When they brought him back to visit a few weeks later, he rushed straight past his mother and me, TO HIS FOOD BOWL.
Popcorn eventually came to live with the wee girl's granddad, long-termer in camp.
He (Popcorn!) was neutered today. TGFT