 We Have Puppies!
Oh my! I'm so thankful I found this forum and listened to all of the great advice in this and other posts.
Daisy's puppies arrived yesterday morning and it was a bit traumatic for me. At 5:30am Daisy had her first contractions--they were light and, other than a little trembling during the first two, she settled into it and acted like she knew what was happening. At 8:15 the water sac presented and contractions slacked off a little bit. I wasn't yet alarmed because of the whelping guide I obtained from Debbie Jensen's website--from there I started timing the contractions and watching the clock--expecting the first arrival within 30 minutes. After that time elapsed and the water had not broken, I contacted the vet who advised me to wait another 30 minutes.
One hour in, the contractions were still pretty mild (she wasn't pushing very hard) and the water still had not broken so I took her in. Turns out that the first one out was the breech and she was presenting tail first.
Daisy had a c-section and all three (THREE!!) puppies were delivered in excellent shape. And are they gorgeous! They have beautiful shiny coats and are all vigorous and robust! I couldn't be more proud if I'd delivered them myself! I opted to make this Daisy's only litter and had her spayed during the operation since, even though there are no large dogs in either her or the sire's line, the puppies were bigger than I expected them to be. The two boys weigh six ounces each and the girl weighs in at six and a half ounces.
I'll post some additional photos once they get a little bit bigger.
Thanks again to everyone who posts on this board--your advice was invaluable to me! |