Hi Marc it is me again! I dont think you said if you are doing this alone or not. But my recommendation is to have another pair of hands handy for those unexpected moments.
Tiffs last pup was very small and had a VERY short umbilical cord. I clamped it with a hemostat and cut it with scissors. (Boy if you can find suture scissors they work a lot easier!) But if someone hadnt been there to hold Tiffany It would have been impossible. Linda also tied it off. I was holding the pup and the clamp so as not to put any undue stress on the chord! When things start to go wrong it happens very fast and another pair of hands is priceless! |