Hiya this is my first time breeding a litter just wonder if had any useful tips when whelping ??? thanks

Be prepared for any eventuality!!!!! My first litter was a nightmare. My girl took 12 hours to have 7 pups, one still born half way through and my other half having to race to the vets at 11.30pm on a sunday night for oxytocin to help her along. My 2nd litter i was ready for anything.I had the car all set out ready to rush off to the vets should anything go wrong but we had a text book whelping. 7 live pups in 6 hours and she was fantastic. I will definately be prepared when i mate my girl who had the first litter later this year.
Good luck.
mel.
ps: Buy the book of the bitch, its invaluable.

Hiya this is my first time breeding a litter just wonder if had any useful tips when whelping ??? thanks

Why have you put in another post then that this is your second litter?

sounds like someone trying to find a sneaky way to advertise they have a litter!!!! or am i being cynical???

bertsmum, WHAT???????
I dont know, you are so synical, I mean all the god knows how may people who have registered lately just to tell us about litters and wanting to know the BASICS etc arnt ALL trying to advertise through the 'back door'are they :o :o I must be soooooooooooooo Niave ;) ;) ;) ;)
Lea :) :) :)

hi, the reason i said that in this case was because perrodegu says that they have had a previous litter and now are saying this is their first!!!! must be a reason for that???? I love the genuine links about people and their whelping bitches and new litters.

Mind its 10 at night and have had a glass of wine so perhaps i am missing your irony ha ha ha.

get plenty of sleep, plenty of red bull, and make sure you have lots of snack food in because you wont get a propper meal unless someone makes it fo you, we just had a litter on monday, its soooooo hard work, i thought i was all prepared !!!!! i wish !!!! buy the book of the bitch its so helpfull, it also can prepare you for the unexpected,

good luck sami

Thanks for all the comments. will buy that book

In response to perrodeagua

Hmm.................you'd think they'd at least remember what they posted only 2 weeks ago wouldn't you?

You all completely lost me on this as i didn't have a clue another post had been written but just found it! I must learn to pay more attention!!!!!!!!! :-)
mel.

yeah me too, was it the one about the rasp tea?

maybe just wanted to sound gud, lol

>was it the one about the rasp tea?

Yep. Not easy to forget about a previous litter, surely?

i just think it might be lies, either way, either lying about last litter or frightened to say what happened in last litter so therefore pretending not to have had one, trouble is you neeed to have a good memory to lie,,,,