Just wanting to share and get others experiences.
My bitch is on day 61 today with her first litter and I've been sleeping downstairs with her. I'm awake most of the night and she sleeps straight through.
Last night she had some stringy clear discharge with no odour and no off colour.
This morning she walked towards me and her stomach seemed to have disappeared. My first thought was she'd sneaked off while I was asleep and had the pups somewhere but we checked the house!!
The pups seem to have dropped down under her near to her every enlarging teat area. They are very active down there but she has here waistline and hips back, its very bizarre looking.
Temp is 37.2.

Oh and also her vulva seems more swollen this morning?!

> This morning she walked towards me and her stomach seemed to have disappeared. My first thought was she'd sneaked off while I was asleep and had the pups somewhere but we checked the house!!
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they are assuming the possition but you also said

> They are very active down there

so soon but probably not yet :)

best of luck and try and do shifts with someone so your getting sleep

sounds like she is getting ready, I would stay with her at this time and not be left alone....I would think her temp will drop a bit lower to around 36.5 and then usually within 24 hours. The discharge is very normal at this stage, my bitch lost samll amounts the whole of the last week. Is she still eating etc? puppies usually become very calm in the tummy just before their arrival. Their vulva does swell and is really soft and jelly like aswell so all sounds right. what has her average temp been? some don't drop as low as 36.5, but you do need a significant drop. My bitch went from mainly being 37.8 most of the week to 36.5, but she also gave us a false drop of 36.9 48 hours before she had them (day 60) keep us informed :-)

How exciting  :-)  All sounds absolutely normal and can I congratulate you on that soon to be zombie look  :-)

I love it when we get puppy news.  Keep us up to date.

She's eating fine, in fact anything she can get.
Her temp for the last week has been 37.7-37.5 but last night it fell to 37.1 then 37.2 this morning.
I've checked her vulva and it is soft, jelly like as you said so I'm guessing this is all as it should be :)
My OH is off work now for a few days so night shift is being shared between us.

Thanks everyone x x

yeah I would expect it to prob drop into the 36's don't worry about her still eating, my bitch only went off her food (still ate 3/4) the day before and then 2 hours before she had first pup just had a few mouthfuls. I know some bitches will still eat. Just keep an eye on her and good luck.... :-)

Well we've had panting then it stopped. She's been trying to get to her rear end to clean but can't quite reach lol
Now she's just pacing around not knowing what do to with herself.
No change in temp yet though.

Good luck x

Thanks ANNM172.
We've had lots of licking round her rear end. But she is struggling to reach bless her.
Temp is still high at 37.4 at 4pm
Pups are not so active today, in fact not seen any movement since this morning.

Good luck, not long now!

Ohhh any news at all yet? I love new born pups:)

Nothing yet.
She's been pacing all day but has been asleep for the last few hours.

Not going to get much sleep tonight then?  :-)

Still nothing! She slept all through the night.
Her temp this morning is 37.0. She's not eaten this morning and when she had a treat she struggled to swallow it.
Its 63 days today from first mating and 61 from second. Now I'm getting paranoid about her dates just in case I'm ahead of myself.

All she wants to do is sleep!!!

if shes sleeping sounds like shes getting close

could start scratching later (nesting)

good luck

my girl went to day 63 from 1st mating and had 2 pups now 8 weeks old

yeah I agree with the sleeping thing it is like the calm before the storm!! I should think you will have pups by this time tomorrow :-)

nothing like wishful thinking eh LOL

Any news yet??

Absolutely nothing!!!
Took her temp at 2am and it was 36.8
Temp is 36.6 this morning so I'm really hoping today is the today!!

that sounds more promising.....I'm sure it can take up to 24 hours from the temp drop. I know my own bitch went exactly 23 1/2 hours  nothing like keeping you waiting is there!! Good luck :-)

Good luck! Hope that today is the day and mum and babies have an easy time. I bet you can't wait now!

arr was hoping to have some news when i logged in :)

good luck bet it will be early hours of the morning when you want to sleep just like mine do :)

I wish I was more patient lol :)
She's been following me round for most of the morning. I've been cleaning the house (anyone would think I'm nesting)
She seems quite relaxed... not sure if thats good or bad.

Had a chat with OH and we gonna give her til tomorrow morning (due to her temp dropping) and if nothing I'll take her to the vets.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Thanks everyone x x x

I know how you feel ....... we had puppies 15 days ago  ..... she was 4 days late and I got in such a state I cleaned the oven four times!!!!! The owner of the stud dog suggested I go to her house and clean her oven!!!!!

Temp is 36.9 this afternoon. I've rang the vets and been through her temp changes over the last 48 hrs. He advised all seems to be as it should be and the birth is probably 'imminent'!
He only wants to see her if she is straining/pushing and nothing happens after an hour of that starting.

She has been cat-napping this afternoon then wakes up has a panting frenzy then goes back to sleep again.

sounds like it may be tonight in the early hours
good luck and stay calm :)oh and plenty of coffee for you lol

Any news yet...I love puppies and babies of any kind:)

get a caffine iv, its going to be a long night :)

best of luck!

Any news?

Surely they've arrived by now??????  :-)

anything yet  :)

The first one came at 12.20am this morning. Then nothing for 2 hrs no straining panting nothing.
Then at 2.30am she started again :) A grand total of 11 :) 6 boys 5 girls. The last one at 6.10am. One girl is very small and not suckling properly. We've all been to the vets and Ziva is doing just fine as is the other 10. Vet was concerned for this small one tho.
I now understand the zombie look meaning!!!

Mother sleeping now while babies suckling (well fighting over teats really lol)

Congratulations! Well done to you and your girl, fingers crossed for the little one xxxx

wow11 congrats hope little one fights :)

congratulations! wow thats some litter! and nearly even on the sexes which is nice :)

best of luck with the little one, i hope she starts doing a bit better.

Bit more in the land of the living now :)
It was amazing and we all just got on with it. ziva wasn't keen on the first one but i got her to clean it and thats was it, she just coped. I'm so proud of her x

Its not looking good for the little one :( she wont suckle and I'm putting drops of lactol on her tongue, which she does take. I'm perserve as best I can.

Thanks for everyones thoughts x x x

i really hope things improve. keep us posted?

Congratulations! 11 puppies, wow, I bet you are as pooped as mum is! I hope that the little one picks up, I am sure that you will pull out all the stops for her.

Mother and babies doing fine. She is doing everything right :)
Sadly little one died during the night but I hadn't managed to get much down her since she was born :(
Also sadly another one died in the night as well. It seemed ok at about 11pm then I fell sleep beside the whelping box and when I checked them at 1.30am it had died. it didnt show any signs before and was feeding ok ??? It was the second smallest tho.

i know i've not posted much on here but i'm really sorry to hear your sad news. I had 9 in a litter a few years ago and lost 2, the sad thing is it take alot of the pleasure out of the next few days as you are watching the others like a hawk and you are exhausted and everything seems 10 times worse in the night.

mellc its as if you've read my mind.
Thanks so much for your post. Its great to have people who understand and are with you.

x x x

Just checked in to see if we had an update.  Well done to you and your girl.  Having puppies can be heartbreaking as well as the best thing in the world.  Fingers crossed for you that all goes well now.

arrr im so sorry of the loss of 2 put it happens and your not to feel quilty of those two that passed it natures way :)

how are the babies doing???

All seems to have settled down now. All other puppies feeding well and gradually gaining weight.

I just want to thank everyone for your kind words and thoughts.  Your all great x x x