Quote Originally Posted by Reachoutrescue
Thank you everybody for your kind words. Pumpkin is doing okay. She ate a little today and had some water. She is still really tired and will not leave the babies' side. She is a great mom. She is getting an injection on Thursday to help clean her out since I was not able to see if she delivered all the placentas. I tried staying up, but I was so tired by 8am. The vet says she should be okay and just to watch her real closely until Thursday. She wants to give Pumpkin a couple of days to rest before she goe in to the office.
Will they keep Pumpkin after the injection, in order to observe what she passes? Will the pups go, too? (Since they're born at home, when do newborn puppies get their first doctor visit?) And this is a VERY dumb question - what happens when she needs to urinate? Is she still in the whelping pen with the babies, and do you put pads or something so she can just go there? Could you give her head a skritch for me. Pumpkin, you must have known you had arrived at a safe place to have your pups.