posted 12-17-2003 03:26 AM         

I was paniced myself not so long ago, when my dauchshund came up pregnant by the neighbors pomeranian. I got the best advise and support, from this board. They walked me through the whole experiance. I don't know what I would have done without them....What they shared with me (and what I did) was: #1 do you have a whelping box?

The things you will need are: newspaper to line the box.
I can't think of what it's called but one of those nose and ears bulbs (the kind that you use when you clean a babies nose) suction thingy????
sizzors, a dry towel, (maybe a couple of them)
a heating pad
and some blankets.
Another thing that helped me was: i watched that animal show called: That's my baby. They show an actual birth, and what to do.
Have a vet on call, just incase of an emergency.
The day Casey went into labor, she was acting very stressed out, she wanted to stay right by me all day. That night I was lying on the couch with her, and her water broke.

I put her in her box, and rubbed her muscles. She was in labor for a long time with that first pup. She began light labor at 10:30pm and had her first pup came at 1:30am. she had pretty hard labor for about an hour with that first one. She didn't know what to do with the first pup, she tried to jump out of the box with pup still attached. I had to tear off the membrane, suction out it's mouth, cut and tie the cord, and rub it with a dry towel. I then put it up to her, and she took over, began to lick it all over.

posted 12-17-2003 06:26 AM         

Here is a picture of one: http://www.buyemp.com/dept.asp?dept_id=1011809

Jamiya

posted 12-18-2003 05:14 AM         

Get you some plenty sterile towels,
a box with one side cut out, and some blankets, or a dog bed, a package of puppy pads, and the vets number handy and a pet taxi ready.

She'll do all the work, do not mess with her during birthing unless there are prominant problems.

If you see a puppy coming out backwards, allow her to try to birth it, if she's having difficulties, you can assist by using a clean sterile towl to gently pull during contractions when she's pushing,

The puppy pads do best while she's whelping, put them down where she is and it will absorb most of the mess.

She'll clean up the mess, and the puppies, just make sure she does a good job, and when she's through place them in the box with the blankets.
Make sure there are no folds, and the puppies can't get under them though.