Well I hope I have everyone settled for the evening. The total count was 10 and we of course lost 3. I hate cold weather. I brought the pups inside but Marshmallow wouldn't leave the dog house. She was still having pains. That is what happened last time. She got so worn out that she didn't clean out and so she got an infection and I nearly lost her. I am proud to say that the one I worked with all day and kept in the heat pad and fed a bottle is doing really well. She is out nursing on her mama now. I ended up calling the vet and he said she either needed to get up and excercise or the pups needed to nurse her to produce the oxytocin. There was no getting her up. She wouldn't even move for hamburger. So I hauled some more blankets and the pups back out to the dog house and sat there for an hour or so. When I left the puppies were all either nursing or sleeping and Marshmallow was snoring up a storm. She just needed her mama in there petting her and reassuring her.
I am in the state that I need to cry my eyes out. I don't think I need to loose any more puppies. It just destroys me. And then I worry about poor Marshmallow more than anything.
I haven't eaten all day and have been in and out of the cold all day. I think I'll find some dinner, take a short nap, set my alarm and go back out in the dog house. The house is really big, like 8' X 4' so there is room for all of us. I may end up sleeping out there.
Talk about being in the dog house!