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Whelping - When things go wrong. Umbilical cord attached to foot. Not all whelping situations are a joyous occasion for the kids or any adult to witness. Things do go wrong. It is nature. I do a lot of midwoof services and I run into issues often. The biggest stress is not everyone has whelped several litters as I have had the opportunity to do. I have dealt with different breeds and various people who had me assist in their whelping. A lot do not know what is normal and what is cause for alarm and feel helpless to help a weak puppy. Here is yet another scenario of what can go wrong when whelping. However because of my experience this may have a happy ending. This poor puppy is only a third the size it should be. Her umbilical cord was attached to her foot. She has a deformed foot and was being fed through his foot and belly with a couple small skinny cords. She was born very dehydrated, could not retain her heat and was very malnourished. I will keep this puppy and litter with me for a while. This puppies survival depends 100% on a human to keep her warm and tube feed her every 2 hours. In this case the dam of the litter is taking care of her potty needs. This means 24/7 around the clock feedings by a human and loss of sleep. Not everyone can do this, nor be willing to do this. This puppy could grow up to be a normal little dog. The way I see it, we did the breeding. We brought her into this world. We are committed to not give up on her. She didn't ask to be born, but she is here and deserves a chance.
The puppy was born 83 grams, which is 1/3 the size of a normal puppy. She is very malnourished and very small. This is a very strange case. She cannot nurse and is being tube fed.
Her umbilical cord was coming out of her foot and there was bloodflow to the cord.
To keep this puppy alive I will be up around the clock every 2 hours to feed her. She has a heat pad under her and heat lamp above her. I allow her to be close to her mother while I am there watching.
Side view of the umbilical cord coming out of the foot. Notice the bright red blood flow going to the cord.
Close-up of the umbilical cord coming out of the foot.
Close-up of the umbilical cord coming out of the foot.
Close-up of the umbilical cord coming out of the foot.
Close-up of the umbilical cord coming out of the foot.
Puppies at 4 days old. She is a little Havana Brown mahogany sweetie. I think she is going to make it. She has gone from 83 grams to 108 grams. I am still tube feeding her around the clock. Here she is next to her littermate. See how much smaller she is. Clearly the runt of the litter.
Puppy's first week. You can really see her one leg turning inward in this picture. It's unclear at this point if she will be lame. If she is I will teach her to walk.
Puppy's first week.
Puppy's first week.
Puppy's first week.
The preemie with her sisters at one week old. She is now nursing on her own 50% of the time.
At just over a week old the tiny preemie pup is learning to nurse.
We taught her to suck from a bottle. She has moved from supplemental tube feedings to supplemental bottle feedings.
Shown here at 3 weeks next to her full size littermate. She is doing very well.
This is her foot at 3 weeks old. She only has 3 toes, but otherwise she seems like a normal pup.
Her paws at 4 weeks old. Her normal paw is on the right and her paw with the missing toe is on the left.
Puppy shown here at 5 weeks old. There were 5 puppies in the litter. Their weights are at the 5 week mark... 815 grams, 790 grams, 897 grams, 980 grams and this preemie pup is 519 grams. Still much smaller than her littermates.
Story courtesy of MistyTrails (Midwoof)
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