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A dandy looking litter...tiffinis wrote:She did an awesome job for her first time around. Only one OMG moment, that if I had not been attending at 2am I would have lost mother and pup both more then likely. Was the most "clean" puppy birthing I have ever ettended. She barely even got anything wet. She cleaned up every bit of wet stuff before it even the bedding (incontinence pads worked GREAT). But the one pup was breech and the placenta actually came out with the head, she swallowed the placenta immediately and the umbilical cord, still attached to the puppy. Pup went into her mouth and stuck there. She was choking. I actually had to pull the cord a little to make her gag, so I could get it back out and cut the cord.
I know what you mean. I experience something very similar with one of the pups that were born 3 weeks this coming Monday.tiffinis wrote:She did an awesome job for her first time around. Only one OMG moment, that if I had not been attending at 2am I would have lost mother and pup both more then likely. Was the most "clean" puppy birthing I have ever ettended. She barely even got anything wet. She cleaned up every bit of wet stuff before it even the bedding (incontinence pads worked GREAT). But the one pup was breech and the placenta actually came out with the head, she swallowed the placenta immediately and the umbilical cord, still attached to the puppy. Pup went into her mouth and stuck there. She was choking. I actually had to pull the cord a little to make her gag, so I could get it back out and cut the cord.
Just curious, but why do you care what order they were born in?tiffinis wrote:Actually I didnt have my hands on the pup at the time, but you can bet I did after it was in her mouth, and she was choking. The ribbons came off today, they were just on for ID purposes during the birthing process to keep them straight til we got them weighed and marked after they were dry. I can tell you now their birth order, just looking at them.