Well friends we have had a very exciting morning here. Sasha went into labor around 3:30 am and by 8 we still didn't have a puppy...labor pains intensifying.....I called our local vet for reassurance and she gave me good advice. At 9:35 Sasha suddenly AGAIN produced a puppy into the world feet-first. (In her first litter born in 2009 her first puppy, Trapp, was also a footling presentation pup) I gloved up to assist her by gently pulling on the puppy and at 9:40 Stella was born.
I then had to go to a doctor's appointment, so Russell and Alan stepped up as the new midwives. Russell assisted Sasha, Alan cut the cord, Russ massaged the new pups to help with their breathing and circulation, Alan logged in the birth details. Hiro arrived at 10:15, a nice male pup with lots of flashy white.
By 10:38 a total of three pups had joined our clan with the arrival of Celeste. It seemed that all was quiet in the whelping box. Alan and Russ straightened up the whelping box, gave Sasha some water, and set the pups back in with Sasha for their first meal. I arrived home at noon and was pleased to see three vigorous squeaky puppies and a bright-eyed Sasha. I was on the phone to another sheltie lover when....AH-HA...suddenly puppy number four appeared. Gabriel was born 2 hours after pup #3 and was not breathing and lethargic. After some suctioning and a lot of rubbing and praying, he was hiccuping and pink.
So we are proud to announce that mommy Sasha and her four pups are all doing well. Sasha is again showing what a wonderful and attentive mommy she is. All of the pups are crawling, squeaking, and nursing well.
A happy morning! Videos to come soon!
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