I think most of you have seen a thread or 2 with picture of the collie that lives upstairs and also about how her owned is an alcohol and an absolutely moron. Well he proved it. I was in bed last night at 10:00 as I had an early rise this morning when some rang our bell. Strange at that hour. Got up to find my neighbors wife basically running back to her door. I caught her and she was in panic. Millan had just had her first puppy. (I didn't even know she was pregnant.)
The delivery went ok but she had torn the skin from the side and inside back leg of the baby in her excitement (for lack of a better word) while cleaning her. The baby was freezing cold as she had it in the basement/garage where this is NO heat. I made them call the emergency vet.
She had a second which hubby had to help deliver and I had to break the sac on that was half the size of the others. The vet arrived just after she had the second puppy. She took the injured puppy upstairs into the warm and cleaned her up and bandaged her. Then came and took the second one who by then was cold as well despite all efforts to keep him warm. The second was brought upstairs and both were feed some type of formula the vey brought with her. They were put into a box with covered hot water bottles. They warmed up.
Just after the vet left she had a 3rd puppy. This one gave her a lot of trouble and us. She delivered this big baby finally and broke the sac herself immediately. We gave her some time to clean him up but he was not moving and not breathing and there was liquid coming from his nose and mouth. I have never been involved in a delivery before and the owner knew less than I did. I figured we had to try to get the liquid out of him. I picked him up in a fleece blanket and started rubbing him and ever now and then he would open his mouth and take a breathe. I got Millan to lick him and clean the liquid from him. It took almost 45 minutes before everything was clear and he started to cry. I was never so happy to hear a puppy cry.
By this time puppy #3 was freezing cold. I brought him up and we got him warmed up and fed. He drank rather well right away and went right to sleep wrapped in a fresh fleece and held against my chest for added warmth.
Millan then came upstairs with the babies but she was pretty scared. She would lick them a little and cry for them but the second they got close to her she ran from them. So we kept them warm and fed. She then had a 4th at 5 am this morning. She did everything herself very well. This puppy was a good size too.
After she got this 4th guy cleaned up she laid down to feed and cried for the others. The others were given to her and she licked them all over and relaxed into feeding them. They all seem to be feeding well except the one that is injured. She is always whimpering and doesn't settle much. She has to get to the vet today to get the wound checked and redressed. Depending on how things look she may need antibiotics. We will just have to wait and see how things progress.
Please keep these babies in your thoughts and prayers. While Millan was in delivery and labor last night both the husband and wife said they would never do this again. They will be having her spayed. They especially the husband didn't think he was hurting the dog or that she would have problems or that the puppies would. He knows different now. And he also said if he knew he never would have done it. I just hope all the babies are ok and there are no ill effects to any of them including the momma. Who BTW has seizures. The vet just about freaked last night when I told her about that.
So again please keep these little one close in thoughts and prayers as they could sure use some as could the momma. Thank you all for listening.
Michelle
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