Just when we thought it was over and the rest of the house was in bed asleep, Jess started having contractions again at 1:35am ! ( 4 hours since last pup born).
pup 7 (choc boy) was born 1:53am
pup 8 (choc boy) was born 4:10am
At 6am she started straining again but seemed to be having trouble due to exhaustion. Spoke to the vet who suggested leaving it a but longer to see if she could manage by herself. Wasn't happening so got to the vets at 930am for another injection of oxytocin. The vet took a quick x-ray so we would know how many more to expect. Turns out 2 pups were still in there.
pup 9 was unfortunately born still born and all attempts to resuscitate failed :(
pup 10 (choc girl) was born 11:27am.
So, in total we have 9 wonderful pups
- 3 black (2 girls and a boy)
- 6 choc (3 girls and 3 boys)
Jess is finally getting some peaceful sleeping - she has been an amazing mum through a very long (48 hours) labour. She has worked tirelessly to clean them, tidy up cords and stimulate the bowel and is lovingly protective of them all :)
Further costs : Out of hours vet, blood test and oxytocin shot £126.03. Further costs today for vet, xray and oxytocin but haven't paid yet so don't know how much !
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