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Flower http:///t/387739/puppies-there-are-being-born-right-now/20#post_3413983
I'm glad your here Scott, I know you do the puppy thing often with rescues. My Mother got her to eat some chicken...LOL..I told you my mom can feed critters. We have a water bowl next to her and she did drink. Actually, I'm not too worried about Atticus hurting the pups...I don't want to upset Tamerah, she was pretty mean last night to him....he went to the back porch and stayed there until 1:00 in the morning then he went to the sofa and stayed put. The minute she even hears him she starts her nervous barking. Your welcome Flower. Yes its good that she is drinking that's the biggest thing after they have pups is to rehydrate because they lose so much fluid after giving birth. Its also good that she ate, but she may not have that big of an appetite for a few days, just put food near here and she will eat it when she is ready. Yes, the male dog knows when the female mean business, and she will do that for a short time to him when she hears him, she is just waning him to stay away from her and the pups. Just make sure he doesn't get to close because even tho they have been together, when there are pups involved, she can become aggressive towards him that's what mothers do.
I have to share this. After she gave birth to the first pup she started barking at it and ran out of the box, she was afraid of it, she came back and licked at it a few times then began having another pup...after puppy number 3 she sat there looking at them panting.... and you know the quizzical tip of the head dogs do??? That was what she was doing while they cried. I moved the puppies closer and she let them nurse...she likes them now that's for sure. That is common for them to do because they are not sure what to think or do, but it does come naturally. Think of when you had your first child what did you do, what did you think? She will do what she has to to care and protect her pups.
Puppy number 6 almost died, she was too tired to lick it, so I gave it a rub and layed it next to her still gooey but not in the sac...it had little bubbles coming out of it's nose and didn't start crying right away but it's sides were moving so I knew it was breathing. It was the smallest pup, the runt I guess. I'm sure that's what happened to puppy number 11, but it was a big hefty puppy, not little like 6 was. It is very tiring for them to have that many pups, I know that with my Female Husky I had to help her birth most of the pups and even had to open the sac on some of them and took a paper towel and cleaned their face and mouth out with it. That could be true of pup 11 but then there could have been something wrong with it that you might not know. You did everything you could for it and things like that happen. As I said you have 10 pups and that's a lot for her to take care of, that is why I said ask your vet about a calcium supplement for her. Also why i suggested to adding Canned food mixed with the dry food for her because it will boost the vitamins and minerals that she needs.
I think it was Meowzer who told me to put an ad in the paper right away...8 weeks is Nov 1st...2 months early, does it really take that long to sell puppies? It can be very hard sometimes to sell puppies, and with the way the economy is right now it might be harder to sell them. I would list them in the paper and start a list of who wants them. When they are like 4 weeks old you can contact the people and let them pick which one they want from the litter. by then they should be moving around on their own and have their eyes open and will be developing their personalities. Also make sure that you give them lots of love and attention because that will only make them a better well socialized dog when they are older. I would get down and pick up and love all the pups when my Husky had them, right from the time they were born. I still get emails from the people I sold the pups to and they say they are the best and most loveable dogs they could ask for, and that is because they had the attention from the start. If you have any further questions feel free to ask or PM me and I am more than willing to help you.
Scott
