[newmommy]

I came home from work on June 19th. Sophie had been in her room with food water and whelping box for the past week while I was at work. I came into the room and noticed that she dropped considerably. Then, I heard the puppies crying. One boy and ONe girl.
Then homes the horrible part. She was in labor from like 430 to 8 with the third one, then I noticed not only was this puppy coming feet first (breech) it was horribly deformed. Then I realized that she was having a dry birth, the puppy was being born without a sac. I dont know if it just didnt have one or if she ruptured it somehow trying to labor with this one for so long. So after letting her try to push on her own to no avail, I stepped in to assist. With each puppy I helped pull. She did not like this one bit, but i knew from being a vet assistant that if she didnt birth this puppy soon, I would lose her too. I knew at this point there was no way the puppy was alive. I mean even if it wasnt deformed like it was, it was suffocated by now. So after pulling the puppy, it was huge like 3 times the size of the other two. Both the first boy and girl were 4oz. Then came the runt. The tiniest most perfect thing i have ever seen. 2oz. tiny!!!!
Sophie decided that with all the stress and everything, that she didnt want to be a mother. I have never heard newborn puppies cry like this. They were so cold, they were so hungry. So I decided FINE I AM NOT GOING TO JUST SIT HERE AND LET THESE PUPPIES DIE. So I stepped in. I warmed the whelping box by putting a heating pad under the whelping box. I started supplemental feeding with them. I tried to hard.
I lost the runt on the second day. She was so dehydrated from birth. She had such a rough start. I was massaging and doing the gravatational swing just to get her to breathe in the begining. It was so sad. I wanted her to hang on so bad.
So, I lost two out of four puppies. Never in my years of whelping have I lost a puppy. It was devestating.
I now have two puppies. One boy and ONe girl. I wasnt going to keep any but I am soo attached to the little girl. I wish I could keep them both, they are such fighters. Their eyes are now open and they are little rollie pollies. Sophie is feeding them on her own, but it took a lot of paitence and coaching her on my part to do so.
Breeding is not for the weak hearted. Breeding is not something that you should do without education. If I did not work in a vets office I probably would of lost not only my puppies, but my momma.