Uhhhmmm, well this is awkward.
Remember that this blog is being written by the Blindchick (my vision may not be all black but the name’s not hyperbole.)
Also bear in mind that Carmela is a helicopter dam - I can’t do anything with a puppy without her ‘helping’. Today, I was in the whelping pool (par for the course) and Carmela insisted on nosing in and licking the Red Collar puppy I’m holding. And scares me half to death because I realize she is licking this puppy’s navel as the puppy is peeing. Through her belly button. Things must be VERY VERY wrong and I’m going to need to find a vet pdq because this is scary as all get out.
I felt to make sure Carmela hasn’t accidentally opened something while cleaning the puppy or chewed too much as the umbilical stump came off and hurt her. (I don’t feel around on their little tummies until that is all healed up because I don’t want to inadvertently damage them). Hmmm, that’s odd. There’s a good sized bump there. Did she give her an umbilical hernia? It’s not bleeding, pretty sure it’s actually urine. And Carnela’s still happily cleaning the puppy.
Anyone see (I guess pun intended) where this is going? Apparently, there was a little miscommunication at the whelping. We didn’t have someone documenting birth order, color, coat type, etc. into a spreadsheet and I was trying to listen for the puppies to grt noisy and the machine that goes ping to make sure Carmela was still ok, etc. The red collar puppy is not potentially dangerously deformed. She’s a male.
So we actually have 4 girls and 3 boys. (And I now need to be sedated. )
I have checked each and every puppy very carefully since AND I sent photos of what was supposed to be the pertinent areas (but with Carmela interfering it wasn’t clear on several of them) to the aunties for verification.
I’m sure we did other things today but not much is worth typing about after THAT! Nighty, nighty, nighty. Puppy breath to all
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