Keep small towels in this box to warm them, some puppies need to be vigorously rubbed with a warm towel

Scissors to cut cord,
Hemostats to crimp cord
Un-waxed dental floss to tie cord if needed.
Surgical gloves and K-Y jelly.
Thermometer, Vaseline, book and pen.
Flashlight in case of power outage.
Ribbons if needed to identify puppies
Scale good quality
Preemie bottles and Canine Milk Replacer
NutriCal for Dam and some warm broth or canine milk.
Syringe to syringe fluids in Dams mouth (or spray bottle)
Foamy, sleeping bag, and pillow to camp beside whelp box
Calcium, either calsorb, vanilla ice-cream, or tums.
Vanilla Ice cream is awesome between puppies, as it gives them hydration, glucose for energy, and a calcium boost, will help the parathyroid gland to release a hormone from her bones, to help with muscles and pushing.

From left to right

Notebook with number’s, and pages for recording Dam’s progress,  and puppy weights/etc……. Pen, and Telephone Baby Monitor, hand sanitizer, NutriCal, KY & rubber gloves,  heat pad, Vaseline & thermometer, scale , Mamalac and bottle, Alcohol, scissors, floss & hemostats,  ribbon, heat lamp.

Courtesy of MistyTrails Havanese

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