[carmen in nj]

New Breeder, well let me tell you a little story that is happening RIGHT NOW...
a lady friend has a little jack russell we met while I was walking my girls and my son was walking his taffy, we talked for a while and became sort of friends, we live about 5 streets appart she had just moved into our neighborhood,we went to lunch and tea a few times, and we talked about breeding and stuff, she loved Chanel's pups and told me that she would like to breed her girl annie, I THOUGHT I talked her out of it, well with the holidays. my doll shop, the puppies and life in general we lost touch for a while, I did send her a xmas card and called her for new years, she NEVER mention Annie was pregnant.. Well, small world we live in, my son called me about 3am from the emergency clinic he works at this morning, to ask me if i can foster a VERY pregnant dog that was having a bit of green discharge and needs to be care for, the owner is TOO scared to deal with the situation.. before I could say yes or not, my son puts Annabelle on the phone, she was crying and going ON, and ON, on how she would DIE if something happend to Annie, I TOLD HER SO... anyways Annie is due anyday and SHE IS HERE in my home, she droped her before she went to work. so long story short I am a surrogate mommy to Annie, until she whelps, she is on antibiotics, doc thinks she passed a dead pup last night while in a walk, but found 3 more live pups in the sonogram. Annie is shy and quiet, even tho she lights up when she sees me, she has no fever and is acting normal under the circumstances.
Good thing I still had the pen setup in my dressing room..LOL
I feel this are the situations that show that BREEDING is NOT for everyone, specially if you don't have experience with it. I am kind of mad at Annabelle but I do feel so sad for Annie, she is such a cute girl.. she is only 1.5 years old..
if I can I would take a picture, but if I see that she gets stressed I won't.
well all we can do now is give her the medications and hope for the best.
to add a bit more, this girl is NOW in labor, her temp just drop to 98.8 she was 100.2 at 8am this morning when her MOM droped her off, This little dog can die from her mom wanting to breed her once. are you prepared for that to happen to your girl, this woman did not had met me, this lady would had to take days off work, she is a single parent,so I KNOW that days off work would not be done, the Dog would be home alone and if anything happen the dog would die ALONE.. sadly it happens from people wanting to BREED ONCE... oh and by the way YES I do breed and my daughter starting to show.
ok, off my soap box..
back to watching my foster..
Carmen in nj