It seems (and is!) a very long time since I last posted on this blog!!
Things are very hectic here at the moment. My lovely lurcher had a litter of puppies with a wonderful miniature poodle! Grace has been a fantastic mummy, and had 6 lovely pups. I sat up with her all night - her labour started at 5pm and she had puppy number 6 at 4.15am! It was a very long and worrying night. Puppy number 4 was the only one which had problems, he was a big boy and needed an assisted birth - only to find he wasn't breathing. I had genned up on what to do if this should happen and I had purchased a bottle of 'Dopram V' which is a stimulant, administered under the pups tongue. As soon as the little chap was born and I realised there was a problem, I administered 2 drops under his tongue and started rubbing him, at the same time as warming a wheat lavender bag in the microwave for 30 seconds. Still no signs of life after 1 minute. I had read some pups (as calves and any other animal) could possibly need help draining the fluid from their lungs. So I alternated rubbing with swinging the pup. I held him with his fingers between my 1st and second fingers, putting my other hand in the same position on the top, and swung him. It seamed a little rough, but I had been advised, should this happen, I would need to swing the puppy from above my head down to in between my legs. 5 minutes after he was born and still no signs of life. I was about to give up. I felt I had failed both the pup and poor Grace. Whilst sobbing, I had one last check in my book, too find on rare occasions, it can take a little over 5 minutes to revive a puppy! With re kindled hope I rubbed and swung and prayed. 6 minutes 24 seconds after being born, the pup took a gasp of air! Then another, and another!! I had done it!!
After that, he didn't look back! He and his litter mates are all very happy, healthy puppies, all living as members of new families. Apart from Hermione - our lovely little loon!!
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