We had already set up the whelping box for her on the 12th thinking plenty of time as she isn't due till the weekend between the 16th and 18th she usually waits till bang on or the day after. Well she caught us on the hop a little bit.
We settled her for the night in her bed and we went to ours but I kept checking her every hour as I normally do. I hover a lot over them when due or nearly due.
Well she was getting restless about 3am me thinking she needs the toilet I let her out and I supervise as a just in case never ever do I leave her unattended.
She then settles back into her bed but seems out of sorts me thinks but I assume its because she is so big and cant get comfy.
She soon settles and of we all go to bed again. Well at 5am I shoot out of bed thinking there is a kitten in my kitchen and Misty does not do cats at all, fearing the worst and still sleepy and not thinking straight as in how can a kitten get in sort of thing and I discover a puppy mum is busy cleaning it giving me the stink eye as in where the hell where you then.
So I am in for the long haul now and stay with Misty.
She is now panting again and we give 20 minutes hard pushing and 4 hours if nothing is happening between pups.
So we have our first born and I get him to latch on to boobs and he goes at brilliantly.
Order of pups
5am, boy blue with large blaze on chest
690g
6.48am girl with small blaze of white of chest
680g
7.56am girl white on chest
700g
8.45am boy blaze on chest
690g
11.46am boy white on chest
800g
3pm boy but sadly stillborn couldn't revive him at all.
3.20pm boy with white on chest
725g
We feel that Misty is taking to long in pushing in between pups and decide on a shot oxytocin to help her along.
17.37pm boy with white on chest
750g
17.57pm girl white on chest
725g
18.33pm boy with white on chest
800g
18.37pm girl white on chest
700g
We are 11 now and think Misty is finished and she gets out for the loo but is still supervised as she will be weak and unsteady so supervised she is, but Misty has other ideas and
at 9.30am the next day she births another pup sadly she is dead,
we allow her to lick and clean her and to know its no longer with us she nudges her out and looks at us with sad eyes but we give her one of the lives pups to nurse and she does. We have the vet in at 11am to vet check the pups and remove the dew claws, plus to check over Misty and he cant feel anymore pups
but she then gives birth again to another stillborn a boy this time she is allowed to clean him and again she nudges him out this is at 7pm.
I check her over and feel everywhere and I cant feel anymore. Misty is eating and drinking fine and we assume she is too.
She then proceeds to frighten the crap out of us as the next day on the 15th she births another pup and he was very smelly we don't allow her to clean this one and when she births the placenta we wrap everything away and she lets us no problem. This is 7pm at night.
We don't hesitate and take her straight to the vet in case there is more in her as after two days the likelihood of lives ones are slim to none. Her temp was up and she need an IV in and anti inflammatories to bring down her temp as it was high. She has to stay at the vet for the night so I am on puppy duties overnight for bottle feeding which I don't mind at all.
So in total Misty had 14 puppies sadly lost 4, but she has 10 very healthy puppies so we are relived at that and the fact Misty is still here.
at 9.30am the next day she births another pup sadly she is dead,
we allow her to lick and clean her and to know its no longer with us she nudges her out and looks at us with sad eyes but we give her one of the lives pups to nurse and she does. We have the vet in at 11am to vet check the pups and remove the dew claws, plus to check over Misty and he cant feel anymore pups
but she then gives birth again to another stillborn a boy this time she is allowed to clean him and again she nudges him out this is at 7pm.
I check her over and feel everywhere and I cant feel anymore. Misty is eating and drinking fine and we assume she is too.
She then proceeds to frighten the crap out of us as the next day on the 15th she births another pup and he was very smelly we don't allow her to clean this one and when she births the placenta we wrap everything away and she lets us no problem. This is 7pm at night.
We don't hesitate and take her straight to the vet in case there is more in her as after two days the likelihood of lives ones are slim to none. Her temp was up and she need an IV in and anti inflammatories to bring down her temp as it was high. She has to stay at the vet for the night so I am on puppy duties overnight for bottle feeding which I don't mind at all.
So in total Misty had 14 puppies sadly lost 4, but she has 10 very healthy puppies so we are relived at that and the fact Misty is still here.
My puppy formula is
410ml can of evaporated milk
same of water tepid not boiling
2 eggs
3 tablespoons of natural yoghurt not the diet stuff mind full fat
A little veg oil.
Whisk together and pour into bottles give at room temperature
A little veg oil.
Whisk together and pour into bottles give at room temperature
This time its baby bottles for all as they are a fair size already and all get about 3-4 oz every 2-3 hours.
I know Misty is in the safety of the vets as we love them and our dogs love them too. They are 100% trusted with our Danes.
Misty is released the next day and is a fine fettle of a dog once again but it was scary thinking she could be in danger of needed surgery or worse dieing on us.
Not all whelps are text book and this isn't my first one either so expect the unexpected in every whelp you do. From mums birthing early or even aborting the pups.
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