Hi everyone! So sorry it has been so many days between updates. I am a midwoof for several breeders and this past week we have had 4 litters born! I sit with their momma dogs and am there to catch newborn puppies, dry, sever umbilical cords, and even resuscitate at times.

Munchie’s puppy update: Dash passed at three days old. She had hydrocephalus, which is basically the body that creates too much cerebral spinal fluid and pours it into the brain and puts pressure on the brain. Sometimes this can be medically dealt with by placing a shunt from the puppy’s brain and draining the excess fluid into the abdomen. Often times this is a symptom of something else wrong with the puppy and is only effective if the other problem can be diagnosed and treated swiftly and successfully.

Munchie is now at 11 puppies. She is feeding and caring for all, but we are still assisting with bottle feeding and extra potty checks. In another week the puppies will be able to potty themselves and so some of the extra stuff will be able to be stopped, but we won’t be able to stop bottle feeding until the little guys are eating kibble.

I have sent in DNA swabs for the fluffy gene. This company gets back to me within a couple of weeks, and at that point, we can get you started picking which puppy will be yours! When you do choose your puppy, if you have a name picked out already, let us know so that we can start using it when handling them. This way they will be familiar with their names before they come home!