Tuesday 24th Of July.
I was a little concerned with the puppies yesterday, they had been whiny during the night and were still unsettled yesterday. I think the hot weather was not helping and I suspected that some of them had upset stomachs but this was hard to confirm as Ruby keeps the puppies so clean. So I stayed close yesterday watching for any signs of deterioration but I am pleased to say they became more settled as the day went on.
This morning the pups are a picture of contentment and their eyes are open.
Ruby has an excellent appetite and I am now able to feed her dog food as she is so ravenous. She comes out of the box once her pups are fed and asleep which is really good for her psychological well being as is her daily walk.
Mark arrives back from England tonight so I will be able to badger him with updated photos for the website.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Ruby's Puppies
Saturday 21st July.
Ruby became quite excited this morning when I got up from drinking my tea, she knew I was getting ready to go out with the dogs and she made it quite clear that she was ready to come too. I didn't think she would come on the entire walk but she did and she had a wonderful time.
I weighed some of the puppies half heartedly today but to be honest, they are so big and plump I do not need the scales to tell me what is obvious, and that is, these puppies are thriving. A couple of the boys are over 2 pounds and the girls are approaching 2 pounds.
Ruby is the best of mothers and my fears of maybe that at 6 she was a little too old have been well and truly laid to rest. She looks very vibrant and healthy and she keeps her pups in impeccable condition. I am pleased to say that her appetite has improved as the pups are clearly are taking a lot from her.
Venus is already showing signs that her eyes will be opening soon, so the other puppies will follow and this, for us , is always an exciting part of their development.
I checked everyone for dermoid sinus again today. Tomorrow the pups will have their nails clipped for the first time as I noticed today they are getting quite sharp.
Ruby became quite excited this morning when I got up from drinking my tea, she knew I was getting ready to go out with the dogs and she made it quite clear that she was ready to come too. I didn't think she would come on the entire walk but she did and she had a wonderful time.
I weighed some of the puppies half heartedly today but to be honest, they are so big and plump I do not need the scales to tell me what is obvious, and that is, these puppies are thriving. A couple of the boys are over 2 pounds and the girls are approaching 2 pounds.
Ruby is the best of mothers and my fears of maybe that at 6 she was a little too old have been well and truly laid to rest. She looks very vibrant and healthy and she keeps her pups in impeccable condition. I am pleased to say that her appetite has improved as the pups are clearly are taking a lot from her.
Venus is already showing signs that her eyes will be opening soon, so the other puppies will follow and this, for us , is always an exciting part of their development.
I checked everyone for dermoid sinus again today. Tomorrow the pups will have their nails clipped for the first time as I noticed today they are getting quite sharp.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Ruby's Puppies
Wednesday !8th July.
The puppies are plumping up now and are doing really well as is their mum Ruby. The average weight gain was 5oz. Beckham is the largest puppy at 1.14lb followed by Rooney at 1.13lb. Venus is the smallest at 1.6lb but she has gained 40z in the last 2 days.
The weather has cooled off a little which is much kinder for Ruby.
Ruby remains very fussy about her food which seems to be the norm when my girls have pups and so, she is being fed raw minced beef, chicken, pasta,rice tuna, mackerel and cheese and whatever veg we have left over. Every night Ruby awakens me around 3 am to go out for the toilet. Its amazing, but I hear her feet on the floor the moment she steps out of the whelping box. My problem, is I then find It hard to get back to sleep but never mind.
Ozzy is still profoundly interested in the puppies and ventures into the box whenever he can but I am trying to limit this for the time being although Ruby is very tolerant.
Yes, this is the easy phase of having puppies as mum does all the work, I just spend too much time watching them.
The puppies are plumping up now and are doing really well as is their mum Ruby. The average weight gain was 5oz. Beckham is the largest puppy at 1.14lb followed by Rooney at 1.13lb. Venus is the smallest at 1.6lb but she has gained 40z in the last 2 days.
The weather has cooled off a little which is much kinder for Ruby.
Ruby remains very fussy about her food which seems to be the norm when my girls have pups and so, she is being fed raw minced beef, chicken, pasta,rice tuna, mackerel and cheese and whatever veg we have left over. Every night Ruby awakens me around 3 am to go out for the toilet. Its amazing, but I hear her feet on the floor the moment she steps out of the whelping box. My problem, is I then find It hard to get back to sleep but never mind.
Ozzy is still profoundly interested in the puppies and ventures into the box whenever he can but I am trying to limit this for the time being although Ruby is very tolerant.
Yes, this is the easy phase of having puppies as mum does all the work, I just spend too much time watching them.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Ruby's Puppies
Monday 16th Of July.
Saturday and into Sunday was quite difficult for Ruby. The effects of oxytocin amongst other things is to contract the uterus down and I know from my own "after pains" after childbirth, It can be very painful. My experience with Kasidi and Ruby is It makes them pant and so gives the impression that another puppy is about to be born. This is a little disconcerting and certainly uncomfortable for the dog but I am pleased to say that these effects have now passed and Ruby seems to be doing very well. I am monitoring her temperature daily for signs of infection.
All puppies were checked for dermoid sinus.
We weighed the puppies this morning and all had gained weight, some more than others.
Beckham had gained 2oz making him 1lb 8oz.
Venus had gained 1oz making her 1lb.2oz.
Posh had gained 2oz making hr 1lb. 4oz.
Rooney had gained 4oz making him 1lb.8oz.
Gerrard had gained 1oz making him 1lb.5oz.
Neville had gained 1oz making him1lb.3oz.
Pandora had gained 4oz making her 1lb.3oz.
Ronaldo had gained 1oz making him 1lb.4oz.
Keane had gained 2oz making him1lb.5oz.
Saturday and into Sunday was quite difficult for Ruby. The effects of oxytocin amongst other things is to contract the uterus down and I know from my own "after pains" after childbirth, It can be very painful. My experience with Kasidi and Ruby is It makes them pant and so gives the impression that another puppy is about to be born. This is a little disconcerting and certainly uncomfortable for the dog but I am pleased to say that these effects have now passed and Ruby seems to be doing very well. I am monitoring her temperature daily for signs of infection.
All puppies were checked for dermoid sinus.
We weighed the puppies this morning and all had gained weight, some more than others.
Beckham had gained 2oz making him 1lb 8oz.
Venus had gained 1oz making her 1lb.2oz.
Posh had gained 2oz making hr 1lb. 4oz.
Rooney had gained 4oz making him 1lb.8oz.
Gerrard had gained 1oz making him 1lb.5oz.
Neville had gained 1oz making him1lb.3oz.
Pandora had gained 4oz making her 1lb.3oz.
Ronaldo had gained 1oz making him 1lb.4oz.
Keane had gained 2oz making him1lb.5oz.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Ruby's Puppies
Saturday 14th, July.
Ruby is very stoic, she quietly gets on with her labour and is no trouble at all. It is hard to detect just how far she is with her labour because of this.
These puppies are early. As Ruby only had one mating I can be sure of this and so, for the first time, we have some light puppies. Pandora is long but at 15 ounces needs to fatten up and the other two girls weigh just over one pound. As my son Alex pointed out, their weight on monday will be more of what we are used to in terms of newborn puppies.
Ruby is so quick at eating placentas that although I have recorded them as not delivered I am pretty sure she ate most of them and in view of the fact that she has not been eating well over the last few days I am very happy about this.
The puppies came very quickly at first, six being delivered within 3 hours and then things really slowed down. Puppy number 7 arrived over 3 hours after number 6 and was breach At around 09.10 I examined Ruby and could not feel more than one puppy but her abdomen was hard and palpation was very difficult. Kasidi always had a soft abdomen. I had seen 8 puppies on the X Ray but 9 was always a possibility, so It was at this point Igave her 1ml of oxytocin as I felt her uterus was clearly giving up. She delivered the 8th puppy about 20 minutes later. After much angst I decided to give another half ml of oxytocin to deliver the retained placentas and that is when she delivered puppy number 9 which I have to say was a complete surprise.
I am not happy at being left to make these decisions but I do find the service of veterinary care at weekends and out of hours to be pretty shocking. When I lived in the Scottish Borders we were more rural than here in the Catskills but a vet was always available locally if needed.
All puppies have no kinks in their tails and have minimal white.
At 12:10 first puppy was born, a dog named Beckham. perfect ridge, and placenta delivered. His weight was 1.6oz and first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 12:42 am the second puppy was born, a bitch named Venus. She has an extra crown and a placenta delivered. her weight was 1.1oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 12:44am the third puppy was born, another bitched named Posh. She has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. Her weight was 1.2oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 2:04am the fourth puppy was born, a dog named Rooney. He has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. His weight was 1.4oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 2:25 am the fifth puppy, a dog named Gerrard was born. He has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. His weight was 1.4oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 3:00 am the sixth puppy was born, a dog named Neville. He has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. His weight was 1.2oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 6:40am the seventh puppy was born, a bitch named Pandora. She has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. Her weight was 15oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 9:30am the eighth puppy was delivered and dog named Ronaldo. He has a crown missing and no placenta delivered. His weight was 1.3oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 10:am the ninth puppy was born a dog named Keane. He has a perfect ridge and a placenta was delivered. His weight was 1.3oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
Mum and pups are doing well.
Ruby is very stoic, she quietly gets on with her labour and is no trouble at all. It is hard to detect just how far she is with her labour because of this.
These puppies are early. As Ruby only had one mating I can be sure of this and so, for the first time, we have some light puppies. Pandora is long but at 15 ounces needs to fatten up and the other two girls weigh just over one pound. As my son Alex pointed out, their weight on monday will be more of what we are used to in terms of newborn puppies.
Ruby is so quick at eating placentas that although I have recorded them as not delivered I am pretty sure she ate most of them and in view of the fact that she has not been eating well over the last few days I am very happy about this.
The puppies came very quickly at first, six being delivered within 3 hours and then things really slowed down. Puppy number 7 arrived over 3 hours after number 6 and was breach At around 09.10 I examined Ruby and could not feel more than one puppy but her abdomen was hard and palpation was very difficult. Kasidi always had a soft abdomen. I had seen 8 puppies on the X Ray but 9 was always a possibility, so It was at this point Igave her 1ml of oxytocin as I felt her uterus was clearly giving up. She delivered the 8th puppy about 20 minutes later. After much angst I decided to give another half ml of oxytocin to deliver the retained placentas and that is when she delivered puppy number 9 which I have to say was a complete surprise.
I am not happy at being left to make these decisions but I do find the service of veterinary care at weekends and out of hours to be pretty shocking. When I lived in the Scottish Borders we were more rural than here in the Catskills but a vet was always available locally if needed.
All puppies have no kinks in their tails and have minimal white.
At 12:10 first puppy was born, a dog named Beckham. perfect ridge, and placenta delivered. His weight was 1.6oz and first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 12:42 am the second puppy was born, a bitch named Venus. She has an extra crown and a placenta delivered. her weight was 1.1oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 12:44am the third puppy was born, another bitched named Posh. She has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. Her weight was 1.2oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 2:04am the fourth puppy was born, a dog named Rooney. He has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. His weight was 1.4oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 2:25 am the fifth puppy, a dog named Gerrard was born. He has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. His weight was 1.4oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 3:00 am the sixth puppy was born, a dog named Neville. He has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. His weight was 1.2oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 6:40am the seventh puppy was born, a bitch named Pandora. She has a perfect ridge and no placenta delivered. Her weight was 15oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 9:30am the eighth puppy was delivered and dog named Ronaldo. He has a crown missing and no placenta delivered. His weight was 1.3oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
At 10:am the ninth puppy was born a dog named Keane. He has a perfect ridge and a placenta was delivered. His weight was 1.3oz and the first check for dermoid sinus was clear.
Mum and pups are doing well.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Ruby
At 02.20 this morning I was awakened by a big sloppy kiss from Ruby, thinking nothing of it I tried to get back to sleep but Ruby's heavy breathing prevented me from doing so, so I quietly said "Ruby out" and she quietly left.
This morning I entered the leaving room to find a huge puddle of water and Ruby panting. Labour had started and I was left feeling very guilty,my beautiful Ruby had given me a sign and because I was not expecting puppies until the beginning of next week I had failed to take notice. As It happens, I am glad I slept through the early stages as we are now approaching 5pm and still no puppies, so we are in for a long night.
I had Ruby X Rayed on Tuesday and we saw 8 maybe 9 puppies so we are all very excited, Olivia my daughter is relieved that nothing has happened as she was at a Shakespeare workshop today and she is after all my right hand man where whelping is concerned. I have made a big pan of soup and feel totally prepared for the big event.
I have always been able to predict the "type" of puppy I have whelped so far as Dempsey and Brewster have produced similar puppies with excellent ridges. I am now venturing into the unknown as this will be Raiza's first litter, but they should be substantial puppies with good bone and substance and very "typey"
Ruby is so different to Kasidi in that she quietly gets on with her labour and she always has a strong urge to nest outside, so we have to be very vigilant when she goes outside to the toilet.
Will update through out the night.
This morning I entered the leaving room to find a huge puddle of water and Ruby panting. Labour had started and I was left feeling very guilty,my beautiful Ruby had given me a sign and because I was not expecting puppies until the beginning of next week I had failed to take notice. As It happens, I am glad I slept through the early stages as we are now approaching 5pm and still no puppies, so we are in for a long night.
I had Ruby X Rayed on Tuesday and we saw 8 maybe 9 puppies so we are all very excited, Olivia my daughter is relieved that nothing has happened as she was at a Shakespeare workshop today and she is after all my right hand man where whelping is concerned. I have made a big pan of soup and feel totally prepared for the big event.
I have always been able to predict the "type" of puppy I have whelped so far as Dempsey and Brewster have produced similar puppies with excellent ridges. I am now venturing into the unknown as this will be Raiza's first litter, but they should be substantial puppies with good bone and substance and very "typey"
Ruby is so different to Kasidi in that she quietly gets on with her labour and she always has a strong urge to nest outside, so we have to be very vigilant when she goes outside to the toilet.
Will update through out the night.
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