01/09/2023
Spencer had puppies yesterday!
Sorry for the delay in posting, but yesterday was a little hectic.
Spencer did great in the surgery, and seemed ok when I picked her up. Once we got home, she started to panic and was panting like she was laboring. I sat with her for awhile and pet her, but she wouldn’t calm down. She refused to lay down so the puppies could nurse, and she was basically hyperventilating. In her two previous litters, she did not have any of these issues. After talking with the vet, they decided I needed to take her back in where they gave het additional pain meds and an anti anxiety. This seemed to calm her, and she was able to rest when we got home. The other concern is that her milk hasn’t come in fully, so we are tube feeding the babies and giving her a supplement that will help.
She had 6 puppies, 5 boys and a little girl. They are so cute, and seem to be doing great. We have one that was born with a small hole in his back, which the vet thinks may be a mild case of spina bifida. This is our first puppy out of all of our litters that has had any issues, and we are monitoring him closely. Apparently this can happen for a number of different reasons, and it is not likely to be a genetic issue. He is eating and moving like the other pups, so hopefully his prognosis will be great. I also took him back to the vet, just to gain a better understanding of what was going on since the vet techs didn’t really explain very much when I picked them up.