Our dog (a very small terrier cross type thing) had 3 puppies 6 days ago, they're huge, think the father may be a labrador that was lurking about at what I'd assume was the time of conception. Not sure if she's managing to feed them all, well, she has been so far but they are growning very quickly and I don't think she can sustain the feeding much longer. Earlier this afternoon a friend went in to check on her while I was out and said that he thought she was shaking a bit. Went to her when I got home just now and put the water bowl under her nose, she drank quite a bit then started to shake a bit. I decided that the (rather greedy) pups should give her a break, so I took them all off feeding and put them the other side of the dog bed for a bit (they are constantly feeding) and she lay there and ate a whole tin in one go. She was shaking quite a bit at this point. Am thinking of going to buy some puppy milk and a syringe or something to help her with feeding the pups they are really massive in comparisson to their mother (our old dog had a couple of litters so I've something to compare it to I don't think I'm being dramatic, I think if it was left alone, either the pups or the mum will die). The mum (at a guess) is about 15" long,(without including her tail) and quite short, pups are between 6/7" long allready and are very wide (but not fat). . . . . . anyone? Help!
she's stopped shaking now, worried she's getting some kind of feever, do dogs get feevers?
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Puppies too large for bitch to feed (I think) Advice please??
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chocolaterainbow · 07/10/2011 16:12
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