Ok...Birth story and Pics! **long**
 

Well, yesturday, as you know, the pups were born :D It was acually alot different than I imagined and I can say this right now, we won´t be doing this again..I´m so not made for this.
Not because everything went horribly wrong, thank god, everything went as planned and Bella did wonderful, but because had anything gone wrong, in that moment when you only have a split second to react and you have to be cold blooded and level headed and know exactly what you´re doing, I simply would not have been able to function.Had anything strayed from textbook, I would have freaked out. It´s very hard when it´s your dog.
Since yesturday, I have a new found respect for breeders and I am one of those people who agree that you have to be a certain kind of person to do that.You are trully amazing women! *bows down to you* :D

Anyhoo.
Yesturday Bella was acting weird all day.Not anything that made me think "yeah, she´s in labour", but I did feel that something was going to happen soon.I had read everything I could get my hands on, I had spent waaaaay to much time with my mentor and I had watched endless videos of dog whelping on youtube etc, so I thought I knew what to look out for and what was going to happen :rolleyes:
I was looking out for the panting, everything I had been told and read had told me that when a dog is in early labour, she starts to pant, and that this stage could last for a few hours.
Bella was mellow, sleepy and very clingy and had poop incontinence as of yesturday, so I started to wash the rags and towels I was going to use for the birth of the puppies etc and I sat around waiting for this "panting" stage.

Suddenly, at 7pm, Bella went from being totally asleep on the couch, to sitting up straight and panting franticly.So of course, I thought "great! This is it..in a few hours, things will start to get heavy".
I took Bella into my room to her whelping box where she continued to completely FREAK OUT! (panting and turning in circles as if running from her own butt) :eek:
She wanted NOTHING to do with the whelping box and tried to get up onto my bed (which is where she has slept since was a baby) so to calm her down, and thinking we had a long way to go yet, I sat on my bed and put her on my lap, turned on the TV so she´d calm down (this is our night routine) and I petted her belly.

DH came in with his phone (in case we needed to call someone) and 2 minutes later, Bella strained, so I put her next to me on the bed, lifted her tail, and in another strain, this happened (taken with DHs phone):
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Bella quickly burst the "bubble" on her own, and in another push, the pup came right out, butt first.Bella started licking her straight away and she bit through the cord (placenta still on the inside) and the first pup was free.
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I scooped her up and started "roughing her up" gently in a small rag until she was squirming about and making a noise.Then Bella wanted to push again, so I handed the first pup to DH and payed attention to Bella again.
The first placenta came out and we let her eat that.Then 5 minutes later the second puppy came (alot quicker this time) and again, Bella bit through the cord before the placenta was out.
Now we sat waiting for the second placenta thinking Bella was done.I washed my hands, I wiped Bella down a little and then I quickly updated on here :)
Then suddenly, bella stood up and started to push and I asumed it was the placenta..it wasnt, it was another puppy! :eek:
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/s...psc855cb7f.jpg

So, all went well, although it was ALOT faster than I thought and in the end, she had the pups on my bed, right there with DH and I.
Afterwards we moved her and the pups to her bed on the floor right next to mine (only place she´ll stay) and she has been laying with them ever since :love:
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3 girls, weighing in at 3.5ounces
3.5ounces
& 3 ounces :)

She has eaten today and she´s peed, but she hasnt pooped yet.Also, Bella is panting alot today too.
She doesnt have a fever and she´s fine, so why is she panting? :confused: It´s not too hot at all, infact we thought she´d need a hot water bottle last night, but it´s stil pretty warm here, so that´s gone for now.
Is it normal for her to be panting? :rolleyes:

Congrats on the new arrivals !

So glad all is well . .

Here is some info that may help answer your question: Dog Panting After Giving Birth: Postpartum Panting Explained

Congrats!! those babies are so adorbale and Im so glad Bella did well!! loved the photos!!! I bet she felt so safe and secure with you and Dh right there with her in "her" bed! Good luck with the pups!

That is absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!! Bella, Mom & Dad did great! Congrats!!!!:D

Congratulations...very cute...and so glad everything went well.

I hope the breeding rights didn't cost wayyyyy too much since you opted against it in future. I loooove the photos, she actually looks so relaxed. Congrats

Breeding rights don´t exsist here ;) So no :)

Well that's a good thing for you.
They may as well not exist here either, the amount of unwanted pets around BYB's must have gotten their animals from somewhere.

Congrats on 3 beautiful puppies!
Was the 2nd & 3rd placentas accounted for? I either missed it or didn't read it...if there's a retained placenta, it can cause an infection. Bella needs a shot @ the vet's. This is why I think getting x-rays is best, to get the most accurate count of the puppies.

You should keep Bella's bed w/the puppies in a large container or box of some sort so the puppies will not be able to roam & get too far away from the bed that they get cold. Since babies can't regulate their own body temp.

Congrats and just a question did she pass all 3 placenta's? If not she could be in danger and need a vet visit.

What a wonderful update!! Bella did a great job & the babies are darling! Can't wait to see them as they grow the next few weeks :p

Good job Bella!!!

:confused: You mean there's no breeding rights...that anyone can breed your puppies if they wanted? No spay neuter contract in Spain?

Nope.The only place they give you a contract like that is when you adopt from a shelter, and as a rule, that only happens with the puppys that are too young to leave before being fixed.So they make you sign a contract saying you will have that done once the dog is old enough for the procedure.

When you buy a purebred puppy from a breeder (any breeder - even the most reputable can´t prevent you from breeding), you can basiclly do anything you want with the puppy.You own the rights once you pay for the dog.

My puppys wont be bred, because they wont be sold.They are staying here with me.But if I did plan on selling them, no, I couldent prevent the future owner from breeding.

That's wonderful that the puppies are staying w/you! I did not know that Spain didn't have spay/neuter contracts, even from Show breeders? They must have some sort of protection for their breeding stock?

Were the last 2 placentas accounted for?

I'm glad your keeping the pups with you and hopefully spaying all. Little dogs are adorable and we love them but truly carrying and whelping is difficult on these little ones. If you think of it the whole process can be pretty hard on humans as well.:)

What registry do they use in Spain for pure bred dogs? The registering agency can't add something to the registration papers that can stop people from registering a litter from specific dogs?