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Originally Posted by Marc  Good lordy. Then how does one determine whether it's been too long and the pups may be getting too big, lol. I am just waiting and waiting....I've not left my house since monday, lol. |
You don't, it's a wait and guess game. Keep in close contact with your vet...he'll tell you when it's too long.
As far as leaving your house since Monday....don't plan on leaving after the whelp.....and least not for any great length of time and making sure someone is with her and the pups. Breeding is not an easy thing....we give up alot.....Christmas, Thanksgiving, Birthday's, Weddings.....sometimes are non-existent.
Why do we do this, because we're nuts!!!!!!!!!
I remember my very first breeding....took my girl with me to my mentors....Said I'm here until she whelps......You entrusted me with this gorgeous bitch and I'm not taking her life into my hands......well we stayed from day 58 of her first to day 63 of her 2nd.....We were scheduled to leave on the following morning to a dog show....As we sat and watched her and watched her, she gave us no signs......at 9 at night on day 63, the biggest contraction went through her body......she'd given no signs that whelping time was here......she whelped 3 puppies in 3 hours.......So, being prepared is wonderful, but each whelp is different with a different set of events....some not even in the books.