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by Abbi's mom on 02 May 2009 - 01:05

Hey guys,
Looking for knowledge, from a nervous soon to be puppy stepmom. This is my 3rd litter, 1st one sorta not counting. Single pup, C-section. 2nd litter, 7 born and all healthy, right on time. My question is, we are now on our 3rd litter and I had an x-ray done 1 week ago and saw for sure 4 puppies. Yesterday, (Thursday) was day 63 from the first breeding. Today is Friday day 64 from 1st breeding and she is not showing any signs of delivering babies. I feel and see them move so I'm sure they are fine but when should I worry?? She was bred 3 days in a row. Any help to calm my nerves is good. My firends tell me not to worry but I can't help it. Thanks ahead of time for your support
Cathy

by Princess on 02 May 2009 - 01:05

Not to worry for a few more days,sperm last a few days so at the last breeding she could have ovulated after the last breeding a few days , just be patient your count maybe a little off. Watch her temp and puppy movement.best

by vomlandholz on 02 May 2009 - 02:05

Have you been taking her temp? I had one female, took temps for a week. Due date, all looks good, temp starts to go down., Day 64, temp was up to 101. Took to the vet, emergency csection, uterine enertia. Luckily got there with a pup at the top of the birth canal and saved the 4 pups and mom. If you have a good repro vet, they can do a quick progesterone snap test to see if she's in labor or not (or soon to be). Typically, my females drop below 98.6 when they deliver.

by Abbi's mom on 02 May 2009 - 03:05

Due date being Thurs. I took temp on Mon. (I should have done sooner, I think my thermometer reads slightly low?) it was 99.9, Tues. 99.3, Wed. 99.6 oops on Thurs. and today Fri. 99.4 Nothing seems to be wrong. I am just worried about waiting, and was wondering how long it was safe to wait. Thanks for your help

by chickadee on 02 May 2009 - 04:05

She has from 63 to 65 days of whelp. Temperature will drop to 98 that is now within 24 hrs if it has. Start to watch her labor to start. Do you have all the equipment necessary for whelping? Good luck and post some pics when it is over. In xrays a pup or two can hide so she might have six or just the 4 you saw.

by oso on 02 May 2009 - 04:05

I had a female go 67 days from the first breeding. We did an ultrasound to make sure the pups were OK. She did have a C section but all 5 puppies were fine. Good luck.

by weberhaus on 02 May 2009 - 05:05

cathy- adryan went to day 64 last time.. No worrys i will make sure and not turn my ringer off...You will be fine and so will she. Cesar sperm likes to keep you guessing.

by Silbersee on 02 May 2009 - 12:05

I had one female who whelped on day 67! Everything was fine, 2 big healthy puppies.
You might want to call your vet and have an ultrasound and doppler done. That can tell you if the puppies are in distress. If not, I would just wait.

by Abbi's mom on 08 May 2009 - 02:05

Well, They finally came. It was day 69 from the first breeding and day 67 from the last. She had to test my nerves I guess. We had 3 beautiful puppies. 2 sable males and a black and tan female. She did great with them. The mystery is the 4th puppy that we saw in the x-ray never came out. At least to my knowledge. I suppose it had to come out at sometime but there was very little opprotuntity for this. I rushed her to the vet early a.m. for a c-section and we xrayed again to see no more there. I'm bummed about the lose of the 4th puppy but very happy with the 3 she had. I will update my web site as soon as I can with pictures. I'm still stuck on dial up so I have to have plenty of time when I do this. Thanks guys for your advice
Cathy

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