Pregnant GSD 1st litter! - Page 14

I know nothing of whelping out puppies; foaling out horses, I know a little more.

Question is, could the incision from the surgery be bothersome/painful when the pups nurse?
Is she on pain meds, as a nursing mother?
Reason I ask is, maybe that may be the reason for some of her current behavior.

I think its a nervous behavior. She has been through a lot and she has had them taken away from her a lot the first 2 days. So I think she is trying to hide them.  I really don't think she is squishing them she places them towards the front.  I am watching her VERY close and i'm so nervous I jump up everytime I hear them cry! Maybe I'm crazy but I think they have different crys! I can tell when Reign picks them up or if she is trying to move one with her paw so I jump up and tell her to "leave it" and she lays right down and starts cleaning them :-) I'm enjoying these babies soooo much!

Oh and also Reign only has her pink papers so i need to send in her pics still to AKC and her Pedigree to get her papers. Problem is that her belly has been shaved and they did up the sides some to....Do i need to wait until some or all of the hair grows back?

No, AKC cares not what she looks like. It's just for a reference and some kind of ID. Any pics will do, so long as they show what they ask for. But HURRY; they take forever and a day. My import litter had to wait quite a while for their ACK papers...like 8mos or something??? It was ridiculous.  Try to get a jump on it! Did you already do her DNA profile? 

That's about what I thought; she probably isn't really squishing them and you will start to relax about it in a few days, and so will she. She's been through a AWFUL LOT. 

Poor Reign; seems like the ordeal would have made any 1st time mom nervous.

I just think about pain, as GSD are so stoic.

Sounds like Everyone is Much Better Today!!

She is on Tramadol, I'm giving it twice daily instead of three because I don't like the idea of puppies getting it! She is also on Clavamox and vetri-science Canine Plus Mulit-Vitamin.  I'm feeding her Natures Variety Prairie Beef Meal & Barley Medley. I will try the Fenugreek with Reign and see how that goes. Hopefully it will work! Puppies are eating great and very active. 3 of them are already weighing 1.2# Amazing how big they are! They are crawling fast and very active too!  I always thought they would lay  around and sleep all the time. Though they do sleep a lot, just not as much as I thought they would :-)
 

I am so glad Reign and the puppies have pulled through. After everything she's gone through I think it's a good idea to keep a close watch until they get a little bigger. She could hurt one accidently with her digging and you don't want them moved or hidden. My bitch I wrote about earlier that had a c-section with her first litter also wanted to dig up the box. It's funny, she went on to have 2 more litters- no c-section and would dig some but no where near as much as her first. I even ended up putting old sheets in the corner of the room the box was in and when she would get determined to dig, I made her get out of the box and dig in the corner, a couple of times she even almost pulled up the carpet but got it out of her system. I was like you, I could tell by their cries when something was amiss. Many times I had to tell her to just platz and calm down, when she would circle, I would sit with her and talk to her quietly. She was SO much calmer with her following 2 litters, I didn't have to sleep in the same room, but did use a baby monitor. That whole rush to the vet, c-section thing, then fever, just through both of us for a loop and your situation was so much worse. After all this you wouldn't want to lose one accidently.

Jo Ann

I also have a female that will exhibit that same behavior with her babies, moving them into a bunch then trying to lay around but not on top of them, my girl will also pick them up (which I really don't like her to do as they usually scream when she does that) I usually tell her leave it and she will put it down. She also stresses when I lift up a puppy and nuzzles me to put it back or tries to take it from me.

They are gaining lots of weight so her milk must be in a good supply.

Love the perfect number # 7.

I've got pups on the ground as we speak and they are a little over 3 weeks. My vet thought I had 11 or twelve possible more. He also thought i was further out from having the pups by a week to 10 days then my pregnancy calendar indicated. She kept me up half the night panting and pacing until she dropped her first pup at 6:30 a.m. One recommendation i have is that be prepared once the pups start to drop they will turn cold very quickly and i didnt have my heat lamp on so i skirmished around and got everything going.....all is good and there was 9 pups not 12. Alot of shadows apparently. Good luck with your litter....it is a lot of hard work but sooooo much fun.  Keep me posted!!!

 Doing great girl

So happy  that she is taking care of them but got news for ya!!

SABLE BITCHES ARE BITCHES..

SHE IS  doing just what they all do...she is concerned and a bit anxious with them  do not worry

but you will have to stay vigilant..I always spent the first 36 hours in the dog box...JAne Steffenhagen told me to never leave them  ..I use to laugh at her..she had 22 employees to help her and she had hired help 24 /7

I was the  only hired  hand here!!

But I did it

Sh eis doing just what  mine always do..they like to hide them as they are not outside where they can dig a whole and cover them up for protection..This is the beast of the wild coming out of the dogs...

She is normal and just keep vigil and keep not letting her sit on them  I fell asleep last time and lost one because the mom just doesnt understand a hard floor under her doesnt give like dirt does..

Happy she is doing good...Also raw liver, helps produce good milk and increases it...An old german veterinirian made me aware and I always used it and it works..I have had friends with no milk run to store and buy calves liver and start female mom immediately on raw liver added twice daily to food and it works...I swear by it..

now and before whelping liver is my salvation always...I also know it provides very much nutritional strength to a milk supply and helps the bitch recover nicely.

you can use pork liver or calves liver...In germany I think they use more pork but here I eat Calves liver so I always buy calves liver over pork  ..either one will work..

YR

victoria.. if you are giving Reign antibiotics.. i would make sure to give the puppies some yogurt or benebac once daily..  this will help the gut ..  the antibiotics will come thru with the milk..     jody