This morning she started wanting to go out to pee frequently around 8 am and by 10 she was so restless and panting so heavily that I was convinced she was in labor. She started pushing around 10:45 and had her 1st puppy, a boy, at 11:26. He weighed 6.4 oz. She had a little girl next weighing in at only 5.8 oz. Her last pup was a boy again at a whopping 7.4 oz.
Poor baby, she has so few teeth in the front that she had a devil of a time cutting the cords. She kept going back and "trimming" them.
Originally the vet thought he saw 4 skeletons but he wasn't sure. I have a call in to him to see if he wants to check and see if there is another one in there. She seems comfortable, although panting a bit. Eating well (better than well:-) Puppies are nursing well although they all want the same teet.
And! I thought I had my camera videoing the births but it turns out that the memory card was full so I go nothing!!! Here are a few photos.
Hold the presses, as I was writing that last bit, I looked up and saw that Gidget was over on the other side of the whelping box with a puppy on it's back. I was afraid something was wrong with it but... there is the 4th puppy. Another little boy. 5.8 oz, same size as the girl but looked smaller to me. Born at 2:45pm. Hopefully she's done.
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