1. The first US-born Bichon litter was whelped in 1956. 2. One spring it was a coyote that whelped under my cabin floor. 3. Scurlogue Champ was a black dog whelped in July 1982. 4. Once in the United States, she whelped a dog who became Ch. 5. Pete and Bear are Rufus'late-in-life offspring, whelped in May. 6. Whisper Wishes was a black dog whelped in August 1981 and a son of Sand Man. 7. A leopard's spots are the same and its disposition is the same wherever it is whelped . 8. He was born in time for the holiday season, whelped out in a barn with no humans for socialization. 9. Like other materials whelped by the World War II technology boom, aluminum was seen as a progressive architectural force. 10. Hot, dry, spectacularly unpeopled, it reminds my friend Aurelio of New Mexico where she was whelped , forever engraved on her soul.