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Congratulations BB!! Mum and puppies look wonderful very sorry about the other girl, and the little one as well, but great that you have a boy and girl and they are doing well

great thanks for the link, thought it would take much longer, will order now :D

Thanks everyone. I know it isn't 100% accurate but it should give me an idea of numbers... Don't count on it I know of some told expect 6, they got 9. Others expect 4, they got 7. Ultrasound - confirms pregnancy but is not accurate enough for numbers. Xrays are best taken at 8 weeks to determine numbers - with that said, they to can also be wrong! I know what you mean Sway... I have ultrasounds in the past... Most have been around what my girl has had... About 3 years back i got an xray done.... Vet said between 7 -71/2 LOL she had 8... Back then i paid $85 for xray but now i use a different vet as moved towns and he said $180 so would like to know what are prices for ultrasounds and xrays you are paying? Is $180 steep for a pregnancy xray?? I paid around $160 a couple of weeks ago for x-ray, was very accurate for me and will be doing it again

Does anyone have a puppy puzzle book or DVD or both they would like to sell? or know where I can purchase in Aus? thanks

Congratulations SBT101 and Puglodge!!!! Well done SBT101 , what do you mean the Pieds covered in all sorts? is a pied a recognized colour? I would think they will look lovely

Hows it going SBT101?? any action? Good Luck!!!

Good whelping vibes to you Labkisses, I hope your whelping is safe and uneventful, its very nerve racking leading up to a whelping just thinking of all the things that can go wrong, but I'm sure everything will be just fine

Wow! she is big!! Good Luck!

Good Luck!

I went to heaps of chemists last week trying to buy sandoz, couldn't get it anywhere, so ordered the one from whelping supplies and it just arrived on Thursday, a few hours before delivery. I have just ordered some Troy cal syrup online, oh and some lovely big raised centre puppy dishes from peperone

I know how scared you would have been as it happened to one of our Pugs Matilda after having a litter of 8. She had two seizures within a few hours of giving birth which also looked like she was shaking her head and fell sideways (both times she was feeding the puppies). Of course it was Sunday night. She didn't seem quite right and we slept in the lounge that night to watch her. She was laying outside of the whelping box on the floor and at one stage wet herself. First thing in the morning we rushed her to the vet where they administered calcium under the skin and orally. It certainly saved her life but she did have a lot of problems with the injection site in the weeks to come. We also had to give her Troy calcium syrup at least 4 times a day and feed the puppies by hand for the next 24 hours. Good luck and I hope she is feeling better soon. I know she will be but it is still scary. yes very scary, glad I had the calcium on hand. I have been giving her around 15 -20 mls a day as she won't drink any of the yummy shakes I've been making her, and only likes mostly meat, steak and eggs but also wings and necks, oh and bought her home a roast chook yesterday and thats all gone, so not doing too bad, she won't even touch any puppy food. Also these puppies are real pigs!! and there are 11 of them, just constantly nursing.....where do you buy Troy calcium syrup? I have the one sold by Whelping supplies, must order some more

Just had a mad rush to the vet with Sienna. She had a good morning with very little blood loss, got up for a while and had a really good breakfast and then a good mid morning feast, so good as it has taken a while for her appetite to com back. She was in the box feeding the pups when I came back after leaving her for 10 mins and her head was shaking!!!!! scared the **** out of me, I shook her and she came out of it for a minute then started doing it again! just a funny little tremble. So gave her a squirt of calcium and straight to the vet. When we got to the vet she seemed ok but started loosing quite a bit of blood again. Tested her platelet count which was good, her calcium level which was normal, but vet said that could be because I gave her the calcium syrup. Had a good feel of her tummy, not sore. Vet thinks it was prob low calcium and also she prob has an infection or trauma inside, so antibiotics and rest, calcium supp, and close eye on her for a while. phew that was scary! would not give vit k injection as her blood is clotting and she doesn't need it, although I would have prefered to have one, I can't argue with a vet.

no loss overnight, so pleased

I hope thats all she needs, she's still loosing quite a lot of blood

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Cleo is a pretty girl

yes 11 placenta's, no oxytocin or AB......def the vet tomorrow as my vet not open tonight only call out emergency, its not an emergency but hope she eases off soon

Sienna whelped Thursday night Friday morning, has had the normal blood loss since then. Today I got home at 2pm, and she had lost quite a lot of blood in patches on the vet bed. I changed the vet bed and got her up for a while, she was still seeping while up, more than the normal that I'm used to, but wondering because such a big litter would that cause more blood loss? Her mum and nan both had loss up to 8 weeks post whelp, but not this much. She is eating, but is quite picky with her food. Is she just loosing it all at once or should I be concerned? She is still seeping now she is back in the whelping box...its bright red but sticky....what do you think? its just that its more blood than I have seen with my previous two litters.......anyone able to ease my mind?

thanks steve, explained well, and yes, eating the placenta is natural and helps the bitch immensley. This was the first time I used calcium and nutrigel, but obviously didn't need to.

Does she eat the placentas? yep gobbled them down, I didn't let her eat them all, and she didn't want them all but think she had 4.....or 5

she looks really good, she'll be having a few I reckon, how many do Dobes normally have?

Good Luck BB, hoping she decides not to have them tonight

here they are day 2

thanks, they are sooo beautiful when is she due? good luck!!

I had a litter last night and used both. Used the nutrigel because my girl hadn't eaten for over 48hrs prior to whelping and as it was a large litter wanted her to have some energy. Had the calcium syrup on hand just in case, I used it three times, only when I thought the time between pups was too long.