Reble
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Just wanted to share.
Ran over to my daughters around 5:00 p.m. last night and helped her and her husband birth Lab puppies.
Sierra had one just before 5:00p.m. and we sat there for 3 hours while she slept, daughter did not know when the first one was born was still wet and attached with afterbirth laying on the floor when she got home.
63 days was to be this Saturday.
I decided to give a shot of oxytocin and bam out they started to pop, after half the puppies where born, all of a sudden 2 came out together, never seen this before they where half the size of the other puppies, and one did not survive, one was not breathing could not get it breathing. They where together, maybe twins? the one was just gasping, worked with it for sometime, than put it by itself on a heating pad, gave it some honey they had on hand, and once it was strong enough put it on mom.
So 9 live puppies.
So finally left around 10:00 p.m. had a bit of a drive home yet. Was sure she was done. When I got home message another puppy, so the litter is back up to 10.
Than at 3:00 a.m. my daughter called me again and asked how many puppies did she have, I said 11 but one did not survive, so 10 puppies, oK I thought so she says there is another one so 11 puppies... Oh my goodness, sure hope she has no more.
Well this morning still only 11 puppies, 3 chocolates, 2 yellows and 6 blacks the mother is black and bred with a yellow lab. I believe 2 females the rest boys?
Amazing the different colours, another long time lab breeder told them that with a black mom will not have any other colours, well wrong, she did...
So who knows. she is making sure the runt gets on as much as possible. and sure hope she can handle all these pups. This is her 3rd breeding first time 8 puppies, second time 7 puppies and now 12 but one did not survive...
Will wait for a few weeks, to make sure all is well, than go back and take some pictures if anyone is interested, funny looking at mom all black and seeing so many different colours...
Thanks for letting me share, my daughter is 6 months pregnant and her and her husband are getting a taste of birthing first hand.
Ran over to my daughters around 5:00 p.m. last night and helped her and her husband birth Lab puppies.
Sierra had one just before 5:00p.m. and we sat there for 3 hours while she slept, daughter did not know when the first one was born was still wet and attached with afterbirth laying on the floor when she got home.
63 days was to be this Saturday.
I decided to give a shot of oxytocin and bam out they started to pop, after half the puppies where born, all of a sudden 2 came out together, never seen this before they where half the size of the other puppies, and one did not survive, one was not breathing could not get it breathing. They where together, maybe twins? the one was just gasping, worked with it for sometime, than put it by itself on a heating pad, gave it some honey they had on hand, and once it was strong enough put it on mom.
So 9 live puppies.
So finally left around 10:00 p.m. had a bit of a drive home yet. Was sure she was done. When I got home message another puppy, so the litter is back up to 10.
Than at 3:00 a.m. my daughter called me again and asked how many puppies did she have, I said 11 but one did not survive, so 10 puppies, oK I thought so she says there is another one so 11 puppies... Oh my goodness, sure hope she has no more.
Well this morning still only 11 puppies, 3 chocolates, 2 yellows and 6 blacks the mother is black and bred with a yellow lab. I believe 2 females the rest boys?
Amazing the different colours, another long time lab breeder told them that with a black mom will not have any other colours, well wrong, she did...
So who knows. she is making sure the runt gets on as much as possible. and sure hope she can handle all these pups. This is her 3rd breeding first time 8 puppies, second time 7 puppies and now 12 but one did not survive...
Will wait for a few weeks, to make sure all is well, than go back and take some pictures if anyone is interested, funny looking at mom all black and seeing so many different colours...
Thanks for letting me share, my daughter is 6 months pregnant and her and her husband are getting a taste of birthing first hand.
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