consider the self imposed house confinement 3-5 days before whelping date and 7 days after birth (except for vet visit) The 24-7 vigalance. Pacing the floor, wearing the floors out, pulling your hair out, the 27 thousand cups of coffee, putting tooth picks in your lids to stay awake, (self torture
) napping on the floor with the mom, 24-48 hours of non sleep the day of whelping. Heat on up to 85 degree 24-7 first 4 weeks.
Eclampsia non emergency is $400 emergency $800 then extensive feeding and vigalance over the mom for the next three weeks.
feeding babies every 2 hours if it happens sleeping in chair or floor again 24-7 vigalance. After three weeks every 4 hours till about 5 weeks yippie finally you get to sleep back in your bed with an alarm!
then the pee pad training, behavorial training, socializing 6 - 12 weeks.
All the toys and bones to keep them from chewing the furniture or the pee pads.
the puppy packs
fav blanket
fav toy
bones
treats
quality food
pee pads
cd with all pup pictures
AKC papers
pedigree of the dam/sire
not including...
"god forbid a death" of a pup during birth or after!
special care pups hypoglycemia
we all could go on and on!