We have puppies!

[auraxoxo]

 Okay so there is probably going to a short delay of PBW.

Over the last few weeks my pomeranian got really fat, in such a way that we just knew that she had gotten pregnant. I posted previously that she had to have a c-section the first time she got pregnant and so we had decided not to put her through that again.   We figured that it would be easy

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[doggieearlover]

It's hard to explain how much work puppies are - especially if you aren't the type to just let mama take care of everything and don't care if they live or die. The big thing is to not let them get chilled. They can't maintain their body temperature until they're over a week old. Until then, they are totally subjected to the environment. Also, don't keep them on newspaper. They need to be able to push themselves around, so keep old towel or a blanket or (my favorite) bathroom rug under them. I like them because they have the rubber backing and are harder for mama to dig up, and give the little feet something to dig into to push themselves along. the more they do, the stronger they'll be when it's time to get their feet up under them and walk. You'll also have to make certain they get fed every couple of hours at first, and that the big one doesn't keep the others from eating.

Well, it's nice to know what happened to you (I've so been looking forward to the next chapter to read), and I'm really glad it turned out better this time. I do hope you're going to keep them until they're at least 8 weeks old and fully weaned. Six weeks is far to young for them to be taken from their mother, and those are the ones that end up being somewhat neurotic.

[auraxoxo]

Surprisingly I'm an old hand at dog breeding, even if this is the first litter that's all mine.

It started way back when I was around eight with breeding pot bellied pigs, and we've also had Italian Greyhounds, Chihuahua's, and Laboradors. There have also been a few attempts at English Bulldogs, which my step-dad loves, but are hard as all get out to breed. They tried invitro and never could get it to take. Now they are going to buy a harness and try it all natural once their male and female are old enough.

You should hear him talking about jerking the dog off if it come to that. He's all like 'it won't be the first time' LOL.

I've seen literally a hundred or more babies being born and helped tube feed the occassional baby animal when necessary.

After all that you'd think I would have been less prone to freaking out, but when I didn't know if I was going to be able to get that big one out, I was almost in a panic.

[doggieearlover]

Well good - you know how much work it can be the. And it's got to be harder with a breed that's so tiny.

Yeah, if you're going to AI you have to have the equipment and get the timing right. We ususally spend a fortune in progesterone testing to do the breedings. As far as Bulldogs, they'd go extinct if they had to breed and whelp by themselves since they usually have to be AId, and then have to have a c-section. They aren't anything like they were 100 years ago.

I hate tube feeding, I was always so scared of sticking it down the wrong way and drowning them. I've bottle fed the little ones, though. It really was kind of fun once they realized that plastic nipple had something good in it.