Tessie's big head! - Page 3

And then there were 3....

OK, the bad is all over with, Thank you all for you best wishes!
 We lost 7, all but one looked well formed and healthy.
She had her pups on the 61st day from the first day she was mated.

Jenni, congrats on Capri's litter! Capri looks so much like Rollie, love the bi-colors!


I was feeding Tessie raw meat (lean roast beef) and lots of it just about 3 days out of the week, the rest of the week Fromm Gold.


She has the appetite of a lab!  

Here they are,  we are planning a Theo/Caroline litter so people have moved over to that one, infact, some of them were off that list to begin with and moved to this one.

I have a man that is a state police officer and he has 2 of my shepherd's, one is Theo's half brother, the dog herds Buffalo and is also being certified to become a police K9, he is getting my female black & red, I am so happy I know she will be worked!
His dog that herds Buffalo is going to be featured on animal planet sometime in the near future!

Oh wow, Mirasmom, I am so sorry for all your losses in this litter.  That had to be pretty difficult to go through.  At least the remaining 3 look very healthy, fat and shiny coated.  I wish you well with them.  Really cute little girls!

Thanks sueincc!

I now look around my home and see all my dogs that have made it this far and say wow,
they sure are pretty darn lucky, I never ever take anything for granted.......

Gosh so sorry for you losses! Almost sounds like there was something wrong in one of the horns, being as every other one did not make it? How's her discharge?
Kiss the girls for us!
Debby

Paula, yes, I have thought that before about Capri and Rollie.

How depressing to lose so many. I'm very sorry.

I'm going to do some research on the diet; I'm sure you haven't had time to look at whether or not that could've had a thing to do with it.

"Every other pup was stillborn"

When we had our recent disaster with my friend's bitch, all the pups in one horn of the uterus died first. The vet said this could cause a problem with delivery, because the bitch generally delivers a pup from first one horn, then the other. (We eventually lost all the pups, but that's not relevant, so I will spare the details.)

My guess is that something went wrong with one side of her uterus, causing the pups to die. I would have the vet check her out if you plan to breed her again, to make sure there's nothing wrong with her uterus. I'd have her checked for infection, too. It was pyometria that caused the death of my friend's litter.

I do not think allowing her to mate freely, or overfeeding her had anything to do with the dead pups. If they were preemies, they would have been smaller than the other pups, and likely would have lived for a little while rather than being still born. Even premature human babies are capable of taking that first breath, though they may need help (incubator, oxygen, tube feeding, etc.) to keep on living.

Here they are this morning, looking good!

As I said, my thoughts exactly sunsilver!
She said all but one looked normal.... well if the one that didn't look normal, died and has been dead for a few days, then that most likely infected the whole horn which killed the other pups. The 4th female did not look good in the picture so she most likely was infected also. SO GLAD THE OTHER 3 ARE DOING WELL! But have her checked out! HOW IS HER DISCHARGE? I would get her checked out for sure.
Debby

Please-Please no pictures!!!



Tessie is eating a ton of food again and drinking a lot of water, she is very healthy!




Sable with a spot, I won't have to mark anyone, mother nature did!

This is not something that would necessarily effect her right away. As with most infections, if it is, it takes a while before it gets bad. Just keep an eye on her discharge, the looks and smell of it and her temp. It is not normal to loose so many, so there IS something going on! But perhaps you know it all... and are familier with what to watch.
Just trying to help.
Debby