Saturday, September 09, 2006

Puppies, Puppies, Puppies


Alley had an emergency c-section on Sunday, August 20. She had 6 puppies; 2 boys, 4 girls; one of the boys did not make it. I made it home with 5 little darlings and a momma dog that was not fully awake.


I was up most of the night putting the puppies in with Alley every 2-3 hours and then taking them out and putting them into their own beds safely away from momma.

I stayed home from work the next day exhausted from no sleep. I spent the day making arrangements for my veterinarian to board momma and puppies from 7:30am-4:00pm for the next two weeks so I could at least go to work.

At two weeks, one of the little girls died for some reason unknown to me, even though I knew something was wrong and did everything I could to help her.

This past week I kept the four remaining puppies at home and made a mad dash home at lunch to feed them. They are now 3 weeks old and doing very well.

I have decided to keep one of the girls, but I haven't decided which one yet. It depends on which one has the "Patti Personality"... you know....the daring, independent one, that rules the roost and puts everybody else in their place...

1 comment:

Caci said...

geez, I am glad to finally see some pics of those babies! they are soooo cute! Annalisa wants to hold them!