[gemy]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I was going to tell the OP this very thing....my home and I go on lock down when babies are due...I go NO where for any reason, and no one comes onto the property from a week before the mom is due to whelp until the babies are 10 weeks old and have 2 puppy shots in them......like you, these are my babies, MY responsibility, and they come first....everyone in the family knows, accepts, and appreciates my passion.....they know me well!

It looks like Deb Sillers has offered to help with the whelp if the OP is close to her. That truly would be Amazing

Easter dinner we thought we might have a whelping problem, and one of our breeder friends who wasn't with us because her girl was due, called in the middle of supper - 3 born nicely - and then STALL - with at least 2 more pups to go. Thankfully after just over an hour - when we were packing up to go over to her house - she started again! Ohew successfull whelp and beautiful babies.

Whelping quite simply takes precedence over almost everything.