Happy Mother's Day to Dixie who is presently the mother of 5 beautiful puppies (perhaps more...) She just finished delivering # 5 and is cleaning him up now.
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| First boy born at 1:17 pm |
The first pup, a light apricot male, was born at 1:17 pm. She had a LOT of trouble delivering puppy #2. She pushed and pushed and he kept popping back in. Then she would rest for a long time and try again. After a while I realized, that he must be stuck and the other pups in the litter were at risk. So I started lubricating him with KY Jelly when he was partially out. Then I got a good grip on him when I was able to grab the feet and I wiggle him out. It was pretty stressful. It was 4 pm when he was finally born. I thought he was dead, he was so still. But his color was good, so I kept my hope alive. I cannot tell you how relieved I was when Dixie licked him up and he started to cry.
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| Dixie gives her first pup his first bath! |
After that #3 (girl) and #4 (boy) came quickly. Dixie rested some more and at 5:00 she had #5. She's still cleaning him up. He is the darkest of all...we called him Hershey. (But I still don't know if he's a boy or girl) It looks like her belly is still round. So she could have more pups in there... I will go back to her now, and see how things look.
My 17 yr old daughter is with Dixie now. She has helped me with all the litters. So we are now talking about a career as a mid-Woof. Sounds like she could be good at it! LOL!
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| First puppies gets all the attention! |
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| While Mama rests, first puppy looks for the dairy queen. | |
Mary, this is so exciting! we anxiously await more photos!!!
ReplyDelete-Debrah and Eric in Potomac