Got a phone call today from my friend Mary who had just found a deer hound puppy still attached to it's placenta in the bushes. Mum Misty kept pace as Mary dashed to the house with the pup. After telling Mary what to do with the pup I drove the few minutes it takes to reach her home. Misty was fantastic, she had her puppies one after the other with only one or two little glitches where we had to step into help. With four pups born Misty decided to have a rest for a couple of hours. Silly us we were lulled into a false ending. Misty had more to give, though the next pup wasn't gonna come so easily or quickly. Due to Misty losing a lot of blood we contacted the vet and took misty and the 5 pups to have a quick check done. While the vet and I were working with the fifth pup born (he had a little fluid in his lungs) Mary came into say that Misty had just had another pup in the car. Out we went to check the new arrival and bring Misty into the consulting room for a check as well. Shona the vet thought she maybe had another 3 or 4 pups still to come she gave Misty a shot of Oxytocin to help things along there was another pup born in the car as we stopped at the house 10 mins later. With Misty well settled and last pup born about 4.30pm I left Mary and Bill to care for there new additions just after 6pm. Mary phoned later to let me know that another two pups had arrived just after 9pm taking the total to 9. Boy and I thought a litter of 4 Papillons was work!!
Went to visit the new mum and her pups this morning and Mary told me that after everyone had settled for the night (Mary on a futon by the whelping box) Misty proceeded to produce her 10th and final puppy at midnight. There are four bitches and six dogs all feeding well and being looked after by mum just fine.
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