The puppies
are making Tribble noises now and at least one of them was doing something remarkably
akin to barking. Most of the time, they sound like cats and kittens so maybe that
is why I have that nightmare every time we are having puppies.
I think
Doodlebug might be spoiled. I have been
feeding her in the puppy pool while she nurses the puppies. She
reclines for the most part (occasionally she sits up to let them nurse
now), I spread a cloth over her front legs (so that they aren’t covered in food
since she isn’t having daily baths) and feed her with a spoon from the bowl (I
hold the food on the spoon, she eats it).
I’ve been doing this because so much of her time is spent nursing the
puppies and it seemed reasonable. Plus,
she ate well the whole pregnancy with the exception of the day she went into
labor. (So many people have to resort to
special food to entice pregnant bitches to eat, I was happy for every day she
happily scarfed down her raw food.)
Yesterday,
I noticed she was out of the pool so I went in to prepare her another
meal/snack (she eats so many times a day, I don’t even have names for them
anymore.) She came to see what I was
doing and then got in with the puppies.
I fed her. She did it again at
midnight snack time. Since she is
leaving the pool a little more, I left dish of food out in case she got hungry
in the night. (I’ve been feeding her in
the night as well, she’s making a lot of milk you know.) I was actually sleeping all night in my bed, the
MSU was on duty. She didn’t eat ANY of
it. I came down about 8 am and she hadn’t
touched it. Very soon thereafter, though,
she proceeded to puke up yellow bile – the sign of a dog that needs to eat. I
get her a bowl of dog food soaked in goat milk and added some yogurt and she
didn’t want to eat that. (We actually
call this feeding “good morning don’t throw up” because they need a cookie or
something before it’s time for real breakfast)I primed the pump (put some food
in her mouth for a few seconds. They
usually spit it out and then start eating.
I have no idea why but they all do.) She ate a little yogurt. I finally had to let Jack stand nearby to get
her to eat some (competition eating is always good, too.) She didn’t eat all of it but enough that I
wasn’t worried.
Real breakfast
time rolls around. I go out to prepare
bites, Jack and Jill come to supervise (I rarely prepare a meal without
supervision, I might do something incorrectly) and MamaBug gets in the
pool. She was served breakfast in bed
again! I don’t know if I am going to
have to get up in the middle of the night to serve her or if I just need to
leave out something better than kibble.
Puppy
yoga went well but several of the puppies (eyes still closed) are mobile enough
to walk/crawl off of the cool damp cloth.
By the time I get to the last couple of puppies, Sammie feels that she
needs to supervise closely and I have to keep her from licking the puppy while
we are doing their exercises.
I hope
this morning isn’t an indication of the weather we are going to have this
fall. It was cold. The puppies won’t get to swim in the pond if
it isn’t warmer than this. They can swim
in the pool but it’s not as easy to have a good experience because they have to
come out the steps. The pond is more
gradual so they can do it without as much intervention.
Dog
Cindi is going to puppysit tomorrow
while I go get my next set of Botox for migraine injections. Maybe she’ll write a guest post…
I absolutely love reading about the puppies!!! Good luck with your next botox injections. I hope it solves your headaches.
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