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BigMomma_ah · 02-09-2007, 02:22 PM

Ok let me start off by saying that no matter how much research you do, no matter if you've sat in on a litter being born, you have a mentor, or you have a great vet.....nothing can possibly prepare you for your own first litter!!! I don't know, maybe others have had different experiences but I've done research for 3 years on breeding, sat in on a whelping, have a mentor, and I was still a nervous wreck calling the vet 6 or 7 times today!!! My yorkie Cassie had 5 live puppies today!!! I took her and them to the vet to make sure everything was ok. (And this is where my question starts!) Cassie let me help her with the births, opening of sacs, cutting cords, moving the babies when she was working on another comming out, exc......WELL, I took them to the vet, Cassie had to be mussled so they could check her out, mussled again to check out babies, by the 3rd time we were trying to put one of the babies back in the box Cassie just had enough and freaked out not letting anyone near them, including me! She even nipped me when I tried moving the towel out of the way (which has NEVER happened before!) When I got them home, one of the babies was under a towel and couldn't get out so I tried to move it.....Cassie started to growl! I had to restrain her so I could get to it. So my questions are.....Is she just being a protective mother? Is this normal? Has anyone had this problem before? And if so could you please give me some advice? Friendly advice please

Also, the first and second puppies she had, she cut (chewed) their cords....(I was sleeping and she got out of her whelping box, when I got up this morning she had already had 2 puppies and the third one was on it's way...another thing that didn't go as planned!) The runt, who I named Lil' Bit, had a cord hurrnea but the bowls were still inside the vet stiched her up and gave her antibiodics, and sent her home with medicine and more antibiodics, despite all of our efforts, she passed shortly after I got back home from the vet

I'll keep you updated on the progress of the other 4.....by the way the count was 3 girls and 1 boy...the 5th I forgot to check, and now Momma won't let me...so now it's 2 girls 1 boy and a ??? Thanks in advance for your help!

02-09-2007, 02:22 PM	#1
BigMomma_ah Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 137	8 hours and 5 puppies later... Ok let me start off by saying that no matter how much research you do, no matter if you've sat in on a litter being born, you have a mentor, or you have a great vet.....nothing can possibly prepare you for your own first litter!!! I don't know, maybe others have had different experiences but I've done research for 3 years on breeding, sat in on a whelping, have a mentor, and I was still a nervous wreck calling the vet 6 or 7 times today!!! My yorkie Cassie had 5 live puppies today!!! I took her and them to the vet to make sure everything was ok. (And this is where my question starts!) Cassie let me help her with the births, opening of sacs, cutting cords, moving the babies when she was working on another comming out, exc......WELL, I took them to the vet, Cassie had to be mussled so they could check her out, mussled again to check out babies, by the 3rd time we were trying to put one of the babies back in the box Cassie just had enough and freaked out not letting anyone near them, including me! She even nipped me when I tried moving the towel out of the way (which has NEVER happened before!) When I got them home, one of the babies was under a towel and couldn't get out so I tried to move it.....Cassie started to growl! I had to restrain her so I could get to it. So my questions are.....Is she just being a protective mother? Is this normal? Has anyone had this problem before? And if so could you please give me some advice? Friendly advice please Also, the first and second puppies she had, she cut (chewed) their cords....(I was sleeping and she got out of her whelping box, when I got up this morning she had already had 2 puppies and the third one was on it's way...another thing that didn't go as planned!) The runt, who I named Lil' Bit, had a cord hurrnea but the bowls were still inside the vet stiched her up and gave her antibiodics, and sent her home with medicine and more antibiodics, despite all of our efforts, she passed shortly after I got back home from the vet I'll keep you updated on the progress of the other 4.....by the way the count was 3 girls and 1 boy...the 5th I forgot to check, and now Momma won't let me...so now it's 2 girls 1 boy and a ??? Thanks in advance for your help!