Annie's thread- Five puppies! LOTS of PICS on page 10!

[greeneggsandham]

What a great way to start the day. Congrats.

 

[schellie69]

So glad that she did so well on her first littler. I hope if she has any more that everything goes well. I have a beagle mix and love him to death but I don't think I will ever own another beagle. The bark drives me crazy.

Annie looks great if there is a long break or if she seems to be struggling and no puppy you might need to call the vet to get a shot to help with contractions had a dog that this happened to. Good luck keeping fingers crossed that all goes well. Can't wait to see new pictures of the puppies.

 

[bossynbella]

yah and three of the five people on my list ONLY want a boy, oh well these pups are adorable, I will have no problems finding them good homes, I would already love to keep number 1, but three dogs is enough, of course if she just happens to not have a home...... lol, I would like Annie to stand up so I can feel and see if we have more or not, but she is busy with the puppies completely ignoring me. Most are on a nipple or snuggled with the others and happy, not sure if she is producing milk yet or not though. Have the heater on them. Once I am sure they are done the puppy pads will come out and the blanket will go in ( I am using chip clips to hold it to the edges of the pool and then tucking it under the bottom of the pool on the outside, so there is no way they can get under it. I will have a heating pad under in in one corner, debating on putting up the heat lamp or not, they seem okay snuggled with mom at the moment, now that her belly isn't so big I am not sure if I will see her pushing again or not. Hopefully I will. I just had a cup of coffee so I should be good to go for a while, I will be calling in to work tonight, that way when DH gets up around noon I can go take a nap before going down to my moms, I so want to bundle up the whole litter and take them with me, Mom would so love that, but I know thats not what would be best for the pups or Annie prolly, though she loves it at moms, It will be hard to leave them over night tonight.

 

[Matthew3590]

It will be fine. Hubby can watch them and besides, he can always call you or the vet. You need to spend some time with your mom while trying to get the bargains at the garage sells.

 

[bossynbella]

I know they will be fine, I just want to bundle them up and take them with me! lol, I can't decide if she is done or not, the pups are all suckling right now, no whining just slurping noises going on, if nothing by 8 I will coax her out to go potty and check to see if I can feel any more then.

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Wahooo! That is great news!

 

[greeneggsandham]

Ok its been an hour where is our update?

 

[bossynbella]

5 is it. Can you belive that! That big belly for 5! and she looks skinny now, I had to basically drag her out of the house to go wee, once out there I turned her loose in the fenced yard, she did a bit of running, peed like six times, I felt her sides and she feels empty, I brought her back in, I had the pups in the small (5" by maybe 10") cardboard box with the heating pad, I put a towel down in the dog bed as she was trying to pull them out of the box and I wanted to change the bedding in the pool. While I was moving the pups to the dog bed she climbed into the tiny cardboard box and managed to lay down, then looked confused as to where the pups had gone, I finally got her into the dog bed, changed and washed the pool, then put the heat pad down, covered withe the blanket and put the pups in, she is now laying in there nursing them again, She is sleeping, She had a drink but wouldn't eat the puppy food soaked in chicken broth or the egg I offered her. I am eating my eggs then debating about going to bed, I still have to call in to work, they may be upset with me but they can't do anything about it as once we call in for any reason the next two days count as on call in, they can't count each day against you.
I plan to sleep till about 6 then go to my moms.

Will get better pics soon. They are so cute! I could just snuggle them all day!

 

[carolinagirl58]

congratulations!! Be really really careful using blankets in with new pups. I have seen pups get tangled up in blankets and smother before. I always use carpet. As it gets soiled or wet, I just replace it with a new piece of carpet.

 

[greeneggsandham]

5 is a nice amount of pups for a first litter.