Because there was no space between mom and puppies to even safely cut the cord. They were laying as close as they could outside of her and the placentas weren't out yet and I had already had one placenta that didn't come out with a puppy, I couldn't even pull on them w/out pulling on their belly hard, I was trying to avoid giving them a hernia. I would have had to cut a quarter inch or less only from their belly's to free them, which I don't think is enought to tie the cord off. They came back to back and both were still attached too close. |