Lilly (Yudy vom OsterbergerLand SchH3) was pregnant with 2 puppies sired by Duncan von Messina IPO3. Lilly’s due date came and went, we did an ultrasound, saw the healthy heartbeats. Is this starting to sound familiar? So we decided to not wait it out, since that hasn’t worked very well in the recent past, and we did the c-section. Here is the vet tech drying the first puppy:
More rubbing:
and a little sugar water:
All ready to go home:
It took about 15 hours for Lilly to accept her puppies. So I was their momma and bottle fed them, I tried sleeping with them in a box next to the bed, with my hand in the box, but that wasn’t enough. If they did not have full body contact they cried and cried and their lungs work very well…. so they ended up sleeping in bed with me, they really liked being under the heavy down comforter. Yep even in the summer I have a down comforter. They ended up curled up behind the back of my knees and actually slept from 3:30 to 6 am, sweet for me! Come morning I went to work on getting Lilly to realize she was the momma of the pups. I had to muzzle her and hold her down while the pups nursed. We did this 3 times and by the third time, she relaxed and by noon she was cleaning and taking care of them.
My vet used gas for the anesthesia as it is a quicker recovery for the mother and has little effect on the pups. I would say it had no effect on the pups, they are very active, strong, and vibrant. Both boys, are very dark, and good size.
Welcome to the world R-litter (Duncan x Lilly).
Welcome to the world, Rudi and Rocky 🙂 Two strong names for 2 strong and healthy brothers.
What an ordeal for you and Momma Lilly….but it sounds like all did well. Sleeping with newborns??? I doubt I would sleep…being afraid I would roll over on them. 🙁
Happy that after Lillys’ gas fog wore off, she loves her sons.
Terri and DuKe
What an ordeal. Now that Lilly has taken over their care, I hope you are getting some “R and R”.
Wow. That is a TON of work. I am so glad it worked out….and hopefully you’re getting a little more sleep.
Good job, Julie!
Lucky puppies. I ad no idea Lilly would not just wake up and go O there are my puppies. I agree with Terri-I would be afraid of rolling over on them.
Lisa, I’m just guessing here….maybe it has something to due with the fact she did not go through the birthing process? Normally I think there are steps that trigger the body to release different hormones….In a C-section, these steps would be bypassed. Plus the fog of the gas afterwards. She accepted them…and that’s the important part. 🙂
Terri