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Originally Posted by bjh  She will probably pass the rest of the placenta or she could have ate them. As a precaution you should take her to the vet to get examined and get a clean out shot. It can be very dangerous if they retain a placenta but in my 12 years of breeding I have never had that happen.
I am a bit curious about your statement that you had her studded out and you thought you might be off on the dates. Was she not in your possession when she was bred? I am just wondering if she was somehow bred before you thought she was and how that could have happened.
Now your challenge is to make sure momma gets plenty of food. You may have to hand feed her the first few days. Make sure she is eating 3 or 4 big meals a day. The last feeding should be right before bedtime. |
WOW! Her eating is no problem at all - she is ravenous, she ate during whelping - I gave her vanilla yogurt ( I was not at all anticipating that we would be welcoming our arrivals into the world last night and today ) and this am I gave her a bowl full of watered down food and she gobbled it right up. She is eating really well!
Sometimes when the pups came out I thought they looked stillborn, especially the first one, he really scared me, he was gasping for what seemed liked forever and a day and finally as soon as the second pup was born he seemed to come alive and quite well and loud and wigglin around like crazy...but they always perked up, and I had to cut all of the cords which was a HUGE CHALLENGE!
When we bred her we took her to a friend's home and left her there for a week, and they first tied on January 8th - now quite possibly they tied while my friend was not around - which I would never recommended but these things can happen... and we then had the stud here for a week and they tied twice - once on Friday the 9th and once on Saturday the 10th.
But all seems really well, pups are eating well, I have a heating pad under a blanket in her bed ... granted I was scared to death half the time last night and I am glad that is done!