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Originally Posted by katelin  How do you judge how many puppies your mom is having or when she is done whelping? I have a friend who's yorkie waited several hours (3 or 4 I think) between her 3rd and last puppy. There was a problem with the last puppy and mom had a c-section for the last puppy. They saved the puppy, but it was born with a large external hernia and needed surgery immediately.(Not that an x-ray would have shown any of this). So how do you judge when all the puppies have been born? |
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A couple of times I've seen a late arriving puppy show up after I thought Mom was done, but so far no problems. More than once I've had the Dr. look at an x-ray and say "definitely 4 pups, maybe 5." You certainly would want to err on the side of caution; with experience you develop a sense of things not going right. Whenever I reasonably can, or if in doubt, I go to the vet right after the birth anyway to have my girl looked at; they usually like to give a shot of oxytocin at that time to help clear out the uterus and stimulate milk production.