[Yorkiemom1]

Although she had a silent heat, I guess you also missed the breedings that obviously took place. I am confused about this girls age.... ?? first heat cycle ?? so she is less than a year old?? Do you have any idea when she is due to whelp? Have you had ultrasound done to determine number of live puppies? Have you had xray done to determine if her pelvic ring will allow these babies to pass through? Do you know from xrays how many puppies she is carrying so you will know how many puppies / placentas to make sure are delivered? Maybe you can isolate her so you can watch her more closely....you dont want her to go off in some hidden place and have puppies alone and unattended. Do you know who the sire is? If you have more than one intact male running loose with your females, you will have to have the litter DNA'd, along with the parents, if you register them. I have a female that has silent heats, so I watch her whenever she is with any other females, so she wont fight as she comes into heat, and of course, I never run intact males and intact females together. When I breed the female with the silent cycles, I track her hormone levels and go by those results to tell me when she is ready to be bred. It is an expensive and labor intensive effort, but it keeps my female"honest" and I know when she gets bred, when she and mate tie, when she is pregnant and when she is due, and how many are expected!