23/05/2023
CLOSE CALL 🙏🐶.
One of the best parts of what we do is being able to join you on your journey’s. To be able to share your joy and excitement, watching your beloved pets becoming mums. It is for us, without doubt, the best part to be able to live that day in and day out with you all.
However, sometimes things don’t always go to plan and having someone to be able to call and talk to is worth its weight in gold.
Last night was a prime example when our own dachshund went into labour and started to struggle.
After seeking advice and taking her to the emergency vets we found out that the first puppy was blocking her birth canal, and was starting to rapidly deteriorate. She was rushed in for an emergency c-section which was thankfully a success and after all the pups were given glucose and oxygen they were given the all clear.
Our beloved dachshund was given pain relief towards the end of the procedure but unfortunately reacted badly to one of the drugs. She then took a turn for the worst and her heart stopped beating. We are unsure for how long but with quick thinking and reactions from the vets they gave her a shot of adrenaline and an antidote and managed to revive her.
She is now home and with her puppies, looking exhausted, but like most great mothers she is there tending to her pups whilst we are tending to her.
We are very fortunate to have an amazing veterinary practice, Birchwood Vets in Gate Helmsley and very thankful for Minster Vets in York for the amazing emergency care.