It is hard to believe that it was one week ago that I turned to this community in panic over Charlies labor.
So many of wonderful people responded with advice, comfort and offers to help pay for her vet bill.
And one wonderful Kossack offered to pay her for spay when she is ready to have it performed.
It has been a week full of joy and sadness after losing one of her puppies.
Charlie is a great mother and is very protective of her puppies. She doesn't even like me holding them, and if Abby even looks at her she growls.
There have been a couple of fights between them when I have given them by table scraps. I don't know if Abby made a move to the bath, but Charlie attacked her. I guess that is just the mothering instinct.
Charlie likes to sleep under my covers, and she kept coming in and waking me up to get under the covers only to go back to the puppies and then back to the bed, puppies, bed, puppies, bed, ect.
So I thought maybe if the puppies and Charlie slept at one end of the bed I could have some sleep.
Wrong move. Charlie growled at Abby so I moved the puppies back to the bathroom Charlie attacked Abby went she came back to bed.
I have been worried about one of the brown puppies because he seem too fat. Especially in the tummy area. They all seem to be fatter then I remember my other puppies being, but thought maybe it was because the father was a bigger dog.
Last night I went in to make sure everyone was ok before I went to bed, and found the other brown puppy had died. I am pretty sure he was the one I had just held while I was watching TV. I don't think more then 15 minutes had passed.
In my first diary I wrote that Charlie kept trying to kill the black female so maybe she knows there is something wrong with all of them.
They all seemed to be ok. Nursing well and moving around.
I don't know and damned tired of worrying.
I got up a few times during the night to check on them.
Again any advice is welcome.
I have been asked to post to my paypal to help with the vet bill and vaccinations, and any donations will be appreciated.
I have made some good friends who have been asking for updates on Charlie and the puppies.
This is just such a wonderful community.
Thank you all for being so wonderful and caring.
Sorry if this diary is disjointed, but I did not get much sleep and I am still so worried.
Enjoy the pictures and feel free to fix and tags.
As you can see, the 2 brown boy dogs look like twins except for their weight.
And you can see the large tummies that have me worried
11:59 AM PT: Please rec this up so people can see and offer advice.
I may be going to the er soon anyway since brown pup is really getting distended.
Thanks
12:42 PM PT: I am off to the vet.
I can get just a little poop to come out, and i can feel them straining.
But they are just so distended.
I am posting a link to paypal for anyone that is able to help out.
I am sad to ask this again, but have been unemployed for over 2 years.
this was not a planned pregnancy.
Charlie jumped over the fence.
I thought she was under the bed.
Thank you all for your advice and concern.
I will update when I get back.
snoopydawg@earthlink.net
2:18 PM PT: Baby boy was really impacted and I was told it was good I took him in or he might have died.
Baby girl was also impacted but not as bad.
Thank you all for your help.
I am off for a walk, then a nap.
You are all such wonderful people.