Brightstar Bernese Mountain Dogs

07/01/2025

07/01/2025

So the puppies have had some diarrhea since Saturday and we are thinking it's either the antibiotics or the new formula they got put on. We have since stopped the goats milk formula and have switched back to the old. The ones that are pooping seem to be firming up, however we have some that haven't gone for a few hours. I assume their just firming up their stool. We will keep watch to make sure they are going and do what we can to get things moving. This happened last week to when we switched to the goats milk, so praying the remedy will work again.

05/01/2025

We have been up bottle feeding these babies every 2.5 to 3 hours and they seem to be doing well and growing. They're getting more vocal and wiggly by the day.

Last night we gave more sub q fluids to them. They were constipated, so we called the vet to find the right concoction to get things moving. Sorry for it's seemed to work. She wants us to to give more sub q fluids tonight, which is easier said than done with these wiggle worms!

Thank you to all that have helped, prayed, and reached out. It means the world. We will keep updating when we can, but this experience is very exhausting on the body and mind so it may take a day or two.

03/01/2025

It's a new day and we still have 8! Black boy took a turn this morning, but we gave him plasma, gas drops, antibiotics and probiotics and as of now he's ok.

Thank you to everyone for the prayers and well wishes. This has been a nightmare of an experience that no breeder should face.

Our vet believes that this is a gi virus. Since Winnie had a c-section/spay, causing her to not get any milk, the puppies didn't receive colostrum. They didn't get the needed antibodies from their momma to fight off any microbiome. We took Endy and Millie in yesterday to get their blood to spin down into plasma. It was then injected in large doses into the puppies so they would recieve their antibodies to help fight infections. They are also on antibiotics, probiotics, gas drops as needed and sub q fluids as needed.

I'm not sure yet if we're out of the woods, but I hope we are on the right path to seeing these babies grow into beautiful puppies. We miss our angels that have gone to heaven, but are happy to have some of their siblings here on earth still.

03/01/2025

The remaining 8 🥲 let hope they take a turn for the better and Dr. Cheryl saved their lives.

03/01/2025

An update on the babies. We lost another little girl. The vet can't pin point what this is. But suspects it could be that when the puppies where born, they didn't get any colostrum therfore they have no antibodies. They could have caught a bug and it's affecting there gitract causing them to bloat and be in extreme pain. The vet worked on our little girl for an hour trying to save her, but she just couldn't.

We took Endy and Millie to give plasma to be spun down to give to the puppies. They've had plasma, sub q fluids, antibiotics and probiotics. Now we wait to see if it works.

02/01/2025

We lost another 😭

02/01/2025

Prayers needed! At the ER in Tacoma with the puppies. We've lost 2 and have another fading. Unsure of what's wrong.

01/01/2025

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01/01/2025

Puppy pile after a full belly!

28/12/2024

4 am feeding! These girls are so vocal like their mama!

27/12/2024

It's has been a whirlwind of a day... we are getting puppies acclimated to the bottle along with getting Winnies milk to come in. She's still not sure of what they are and are a bit taken aback by them. They got to nurse on her for ahile today to help stimulate her milk. She finally ate some hamburger, goats milk and puppy food. I'm hoping tomorrow will improve with everyone's progression.

I have finally tallied these little bears. We have 7 girls and 5 boys! All 1 lb or more!

Winnie lost 23 lbs after her c-section!