Hello,
My girl, Shy, had her first litter of four nearly four weeks ago. All four were wriggling and moving as expected. We all went to the vet for a checkup less than 8 hours later. They all got a clean bill of health. However, Speechless died the following morning. It could have been a cleft pallet, I'm not sure. I fed her, or tried to, by bottle, and basically making her breast feed from Shy. Once she calmed down and seemed fine I let them all sleep. When I got up five hours later she was passed. I tried to keep rubbing and reviving her even though I knew she was gone.
Speechless, is the only pup with a name so far. This is because she was the only one that I found a name that fits perfectly. This was Shy and I's first and last litter. Once Speechless was born I became exactly that- speechless. I suppose "Breathless" would've been an appropriate name as well...
I didn't ribbon or find a definitive way to mark the pups when they were born. I know the one that passed was the first one, because, I weighed them all as they came out. She was the lightest one by over an ounce.
Anyways, she's the only one I have pics of the birth while in the sac and first feeding. Well, I'm not sure what else to write.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/pic...ctureid=130143 http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/pic...ctureid=130144