PUPPIES - The "C" litter has been CONFIRMED! [WARNING-IMAGE HEAVY]

[AdminAssistant]

Aww, lookit the little potbellies!!! The 'red band' puppy has definitely been making multiple trips to the buffet!

[Magpie]

Ok, I confess to not being sure where to look for this info: my husband was asking about breed information. He was wondering if the puppies were a cross.

[draggar]

Aww, lookit the little potbellies!!! The 'red band' puppy has definitely been making multiple trips to the buffet!

That's Catch (formerly known as Cot). he was the first born and goes back and fourth as the largest one with green Girl.

Ok, I confess to not being sure where to look for this info: my husband was asking about breed information. He was wondering if the puppies were a cross.

100% pure real German shepherds - not even any American shepherd (half dog / half frog) crap lines here!

[Magpie]

Thank you . I told him that I doubted it, as they were quite deliberate, but he pointed out that some people do crosses deliberately, so I lost all confidence and had to ask.

[draggar]

Mother (Kiri):
http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/...ee/494196.html

Father (Wayhn):
http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/...ee/497747.html

[BookstoreEscapee]

Today's Cute Overload calendar page made me think of you...it was a German Shepherd with her litter of newborn puppies, all sound asleep in a pile. It was titled as

"Just-Borned German Schnoozhunden"

(Sadly, I can't find it on the site.)

[draggar]

Terrible news..

Last night when I walked Kiri she seemed fine 9about 7:30-8:00PM). When my wife got home at 10:00ish she was antsy and irritated. I took her for a quick walk and she didn't do anything. When I came back in she jumped on my wife's cot and lied down - she was extremely unresponsive. My wife took her temperature and it was over 104 (like a human with a fever of 101-102).

She decided that I need to rush Kiri to the emergency all night vet (my wife needed to stay home to take care of the puppies). I actually had to carry her out to the car (thank you adrenaline). My wife called the vet to let them know I was on my way (emergency vet is luckily only 5 minutes away). They quickly got fluids in her and some antibiotics. They were able to get her temperature down to 103.6 (still high but improving).

She was in horrible shape 0 the emergency vet said her condition was "guarded" (one step above "poor").

They had to sedate her so she would rest and heal (after I left she got antsy). I picked her up this morning and brought her to our normal vet (about 30 minutes away) where they got her in (she still had her IV in from last night) and are doing some more blood work now.

The emergency vet said that her temperature was down to about 102.4 (which is still high, but like 99-100 for us) so it's just a fever. Most of her numbers are normal or very close to normal except for her liver, which is extremely high.

Edit:

As for the puppies they are doing extremely well. We're hand feeding them and letting them go to the bathroom every few hours (including overnight). Catch (red) is going to make a good alarm dog - he's very vocal (especially when feeding) and he was the one who was meowing before (catdog).

Cadence (green) is a very large girl - we think she is going to take after he mother in many ways. She's slated to be donated to a friend of my wife's to be a service dog. I think she's going to be Catch's "twin" (much like Apollo and Athena were).

Crescent (pink) is still the runt but she's got one hell of an appetite.

[Sliceanddice]

is it possible that a puppy wasnt born is now still born and she is suffering an infection from that? i know that can happen on some occasions.

[trailerparkmedic]

Poor Kiri

[draggar]

is it possible that a puppy wasnt born is now still born and she is suffering an infection from that? i know that can happen on some occasions.

No, she had an x-ray on Monday to be sure.

[Jangles the Moon Monkey]

I hope Kiri's going to be all better very quickly.

[draggar]

Kiri is home now. The vet discharged her around 2PM today. They think something was up with one of the placentas she ate after giving birth (yes, even I asked "even after 5 days?".

She is on some medications now, the puppies need to be on some meds, and she needs some special food, too.

She is doing a lot better than she was last night but still not 100%. She's with her puppies now, she wags her tail, walks normally etc..

Edit: We're not going to have the Kiri Kam up for a few days as she recovers.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Poor Kiri! I'm glad she is doing better.

[draggar]

It's official - I'm an Excel junkie.

I made a spreadsheet earlier for us to track the puppies' weights (we haven't used it much unlike last time).

I just made a sheet to track everyone's medications, too.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Sounds like something I would do...