I'm not trying to bump this up, I'm just trying to let her know what I went through! This is how dumb I was with our 1st litter!!!
04-27-2006
Well Tiffy went into heat on Feb 24th and blead the 1st week so I didn't put her and Teddy together until the 3rd of March (She is 1 & 1/2 this month & this is her 2nd heat and Teddy will be 1 & 1/2 in June) well I thought Teddy could get to her well he couldn't...I took a old phone book and wrapped it up and put it in their big cage and that I didn't think worked, so I put a small chair in there she climbed in it and sat down...So I just let them be...I kept them together from March the 3rd to March the 19th to see if anything would happen, he tried and tried and she let him...Well I myself thought well he didn't get her pregnant, I ask others and they said unless they got stuck then he didn't get her pregnant...My Dad said NO that isn't always true (He breads reg. Beagles and he said sometimes U don't even know if they do mate.)
Well now it's been what 8 weeks tomorrow since the 3rd of Feb (Going by Fridays) and I now think she is pregnant...She is getting bigger in the belly, her nipples are bigger some and she is just not the same dog...So meek and mellow, minds so well, acts as tho she has been beat when U speak her name (She NEVER acted this way before I mated them and I don't like how she acts now like she is so scared of us), she's not having ANY potty accidents in the house now, she goes to her cage (We have a 2 caring cages for each of them, we leave the doors open on them if they want to go in & lay down they do, we also have a puppy bed out for them too) and lays there during the day and she NEVER did that before (Do U think she might go into her cage & have them since she is going in there all the time?) ...She is with ME all the time. Teddy was the one who was ALWAYS on my lap, she was the one who was on my husbands lap ALWAYS...But now she acts like she wants me all the time...I fell her belly and it feels as tho there are puppies kicking...U can't see it really for her hair but U can feel it...I went ahead and gave her a hair cut since I think she might have puppies and it will be getting hot here soon (We live in Indiana) How do I know she is pregnant without taking her to the Vet? I think she will be due if she is anywhere from May the 5th to May 19th...I just read where the lady has that whelping site for the other dogs...I went and read all of it and about how to take her temp. I'm gonna do that in the morning. I've helped 1 dog in my lifetime deliver pups...I'm getting nervous now and scared...That's sounds so strange here I am a Mother of 4 beautiful daughters and a beautiful granddaughter (Which I attended her birth!! and did very well) how will I know she is in labor? How will I know what to do? Please help me...We're suppose to have a yard sale the 5th & 6th of May but I told my daughter (She thinks I'm nuts for wanting to wait!!!) I think we should put it off until the 1st of June incase Tiffy has pups...If Tiffy goes into labor on me say before I get Kayleigh to baby-sit should I tell Val (Kayleigh's Mom) to stay home from work...So I can help Tiffy and not have a newborn and her to deal with @ the same time? What if Tiffy goes into labor on me while Val's @ work do I call her home from work so she can get Kayleigh and I can help Tiffy? Do this sound nuts? I just love my baby pups and want the best for them... Then there's Teddy he is so jealous and CAN'T STAND me to spend much time with Tiffy. Do I put him up in his cage until she has her pups? He I know won't leave her alone while she is having them...What do I need to help Tiffy deliver her babies??? I mean I need to know it all please know this is my 1st YORKEE BIRTH!!! HELP please!!!!!! I know I can get Great and Good advise here from U all. I'm sorry this is so long but I needed to explain it all to U. Oh and PLEASE PRAY for us!!!!!!!! I need ALL the help I can get!!!!! Thanks and Many Hugs, Lee
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05-05-2006
Hello I started writing this on Thursday but haven’t had a chance to finish it, well U know how it is when U’re a new Grandmother to babies!! Especially when those babies live with U!! LOL! Oh my goodness, my babies are here!!!!!!!! I've been so so excited...I knew they would get here today 5/4/06...Yesterday I said Friday and then Justin (My Husband) Said Sunday. Her temp yesterday Am & Pm was 99.7 and then this morning we got up and Tiffy sleeps with us and I said she is panting, he said "It's hot in here" I said NO it's not, I bet she's gonna have babies today... And I took her out and she was fine so around 8:36 am took her temp it was 98.4, I thought well lets see what happens, so around 10 I took her back out and she peed twice within say 5 minutes, I thought yeah I bet she is gonna go...Well she got in her whelping box and Teddy tried to get in there and man I thought she was gonna eat him up...(She hasn't gotten in there for a long time, been sleeping with us) so then I had a gut feeling they we're gonna come, well I got her a bath and I thought no granddaughter today (Her mommy was off work) girls @ school, I better try to nap a little it might be a long night...Well I laid down with a blanket on the couch and Teddy jumped up there with me, then he jumped back down, he does this a lot and then scratches @ the couch for us to pick him back up, well he was scratching and I told him no U jumped down U jump back up. Well here I thought Teddy had jumped up at my feet (I was just dozing by then) and he kept moving and moving, I said Teddy will U lay still…(I was laying on my belly) and then I felt what I thought was him get right in-between my legs and start pawing, I woke up for sure then and I thought what in the world surly not!!!! Well guess who it was? Yeah ol’ Tiffy, she was layin’ right between my legs, I jumped up, trying not to knock her off and sure enough there was her 1st baby sticking out and then her water broke, I got her up and moved her to the whelping box which was right there in our living room in the corner. She yelped about the time I got her in the box and out the baby come! I was scared to death I ran outside and hollered @ my oldest daughter: “The puppies are here, the puppies are here”, she came running, we thought we’d have to help and then here she did it all beautifully by herself! Well #2 came and was born but wasn’t breathing good so I cleaned out it’s mouth and then it’s nose and started rubbin’ and here it came around, then # 3. Came it was all fine and then # 4, it took her longer to cut the cord and we got ready to cut it and I was raising her leg for it and she got down there and finished it!! I think she was to tired to hold her leg up! Below is babies and weights and times!! I’m so very proud of her, us and our new babies…I wouldn’t trade all this for nothing in this world it’s a experience I’ll never forget!!! Here is their 1st photos, I have them marked with terry cloth pony tail holders, I don’t know how else to do it, I know if I was to paint a toe nail of one of them she’d try to bite it off any thoughts here? Oh and yes I got tons of questions!! Hugs, Lee and Teddy’s Mommy and now New Grandmother to 4 beautiful babies!!!!!!!
#1. Time born: 2:47 pm~ Boy~ 4.8 ozs.
#2. Time born: 3:32 pm~ Boy~ 5.8 ozs
#3. Time born: 3:51 pm~ Girl~ 4.4 ozs
#4. Time born: 4:44 pm~ Girl~ 5.0 ozs
This is the link to our 2nd litter and what I learned with it so please go read it & I truely hope U find all the help U need here and U're gonna need it trust me, U may think U're ready before but when she comes to whelping U're gonna think twice and be scared to death! I was! http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81757 http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83966