doganjo
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poor Belle1What a night!
Just back from the vet. I noticed a black discharge from Belle at teatime and knew that was either a dead pup or a detached placentas so rushed her down to the vet. options was oxytocin and let her whelp them two days early, but Michelle reckoned we had a better chance of saving the pups if we did a Caesar. So it was all systems go. Five pups down one horn - only one mummified pup in the other. So the trainee vet, Iain, and I set to rubbing them as they came out and putting them in the intensive care incubator as soon as they started to breath.
I'm exhausted! Salmon steak doesn't taste so good reheated 
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Victoria
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Oh boy...I hope Belle and babies are doing well.
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guy
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fingers and paws crossed here for you all.
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Tricky micky
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Fingers crossed I hope everything is okay
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doganjo
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At last, after a noisy night with not much sleep, they are quiet. My own fault, whelping box too big and they kept getting 'lost', but have sorted that. All feeding fine and sleeping. Belle is a wee bit 'hangdogged' after the anaesthetic and stitches up her tummy, but eating and drinking normally.
1 bob o/w dog 1 bob b/w dog, 1 bob o/w bitch, 2 tailed b/w dogs. Three booked possibly four, one bob dog to sell.
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Lin Dyke
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Relieved to hear she and pups are doing ok......how about you 
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doganjo
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Grannie is tired but hopes to catch up on sleep tonight - provided I don't get locked into FB  
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Lin Dyke
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just about to go on fb now.....see you there
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Pippa's Pack
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Glad to hear they are all doing Ok. Hope you have a good night tonight. See you all soon.
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barbara
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Glad to hear Belle and babies are doing well, it must have been very scary 
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johnhod
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Good to hear everything is going well. Can't see you having any problem getting rid of a bob dog.
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doganjo
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Haven't advertised anywhere as yet. Still have to decide whether to keep one or not - depends how things go.
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highclare
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Glad grandma, mum and pups are well, they look fine.
Gill and that Mabeleen
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Victoria
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So when do we get photos.... 
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doganjo
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lots of them on Face-book - but here you are
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Lin Dyke
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Lovely pups Annie All a good size too
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Victoria
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They look lovely. Hope Belle is doing well.
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doganjo
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She's fine but gets too hot under the heat lamp so I have to turn it off when they could do with it most - at night when the central heating is off.
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Patricia
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I don't know how large your whelping box is...but, with mine, I pull it one side so the bitch is away from direct heat but not the pups. Also I have paper under the vet bed which I put on half the box.( but it is quite large with pig rails  )
I never switch off the lamp as keeping my pups warm is one of my thing. I hate seeing little babies like in some places in France ...where they are really wooly because they have needed to develop a coat.
Just try to raise the lamp a bit higger and on one side? I also find that with lots of paper on one side, they later mess on it rather than the bed 
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doganjo
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My whelping box is 4 feet square and far too big at this stage so I have another box inside it to reduce the size. Prior to that the pups were getting lost. I raised the height of the lamp last night so all is well. Belle is more comfortable now. I too use a good few layers of newspapers under the vet bed, so all in all they are quite warm enough. And I also have the bedding ion one half so they can use the newspapers to toilet on but they are not at that stage as yet. I noticed however today that they are already moving around the box. My friend who breeds Cockers came round today and was startled to find that an eye was partially open - surely it can't be yet - they aren't quite 5 days old yet!
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Patricia
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Everyone who has other breeds is always surprised how active baby Brittanys are, they do the " marathon" round the box very well, very fast and very early. That is in preparation for their future life...in the fast lane
I have had other breeds of puppies previously, nothing as bright as the Brits. But then they are French
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doganjo
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No, these ones are Scottish - but there are very few Scottish mountains beginning with E so they may become multinational.
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