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majic50 · 10-06-2008, 01:54 PM

It's been a heck of a day.

Ciara started into labor in the middle of the night. She was throwing up this morning. At about 3 PM a puppy started to be born. She opened the bag, but only the head came out. 30 minutes later we were at the vet. It took 15 minutes with me holding her still and the vet working at it to deliver that one puppy. She weighed 6 oz. Neither of my girls has every had a puppy that big. Usually they're right around 4 oz. The puppy started breathing as soon as she was all the way out. I was happy about that, because I thought she was dead when Ciara was running around the house with a puppy head hanging out her back end.

The vet gave her a shot of oxytocin and sent us home. She delivered to more puppies on the way home. A boy weighing 1.9 oz that was dead by the time we got home and another girl that was still attached when we got home and ended up a healthy 5.8 oz. I think there's another one, but Ciara seems to be resting. I called the vet, because I thought the oxytocin was supposed to empty her uterus. They tell me it could be a while and she still may need to go back to the vet, because if the puppy was up to high the oxytocin could have sealed off the uterus? The vet closes at 7 PM. I told them I'd be there by 6:30 if she hadn't delivered it by then.

10-06-2008, 01:54 PM	#1
majic50 YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 299	puppies It's been a heck of a day. Ciara started into labor in the middle of the night. She was throwing up this morning. At about 3 PM a puppy started to be born. She opened the bag, but only the head came out. 30 minutes later we were at the vet. It took 15 minutes with me holding her still and the vet working at it to deliver that one puppy. She weighed 6 oz. Neither of my girls has every had a puppy that big. Usually they're right around 4 oz. The puppy started breathing as soon as she was all the way out. I was happy about that, because I thought she was dead when Ciara was running around the house with a puppy head hanging out her back end. The vet gave her a shot of oxytocin and sent us home. She delivered to more puppies on the way home. A boy weighing 1.9 oz that was dead by the time we got home and another girl that was still attached when we got home and ended up a healthy 5.8 oz. I think there's another one, but Ciara seems to be resting. I called the vet, because I thought the oxytocin was supposed to empty her uterus. They tell me it could be a while and she still may need to go back to the vet, because if the puppy was up to high the oxytocin could have sealed off the uterus? The vet closes at 7 PM. I told them I'd be there by 6:30 if she hadn't delivered it by then.