skycat 6,174 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Thank God last night and today are over: I'm too old to spend all night without sleep, and having thankfully not got into bed when Midge started barking to tell me she was having problems, so off to the vet, then another hour or so biting my nails waiting to see if we would get live pups and live dam at the vet's while she was undergoing a caesarean. Nothing wrong with her, poor little mite, but the first pup was a breech, a true breech. I could feel a tail, and nothing else and there was no way it was going to come out as nature intended. I knew for certain she had 2 inside her from a scan a couple of weeks ago, but was pleased to get 3 bitch pups. This is the first time in over 25 years I've had a true breech: had plenty hind feet first, but never just a tail and a bum trying to fit through a much smaller passage than was possible. I was actually pretty impressed with the vet: a young Australian woman (shows how old I'm getting, she looked barely out of her teens, but I guess that's just my perception LOL) Midge was up and walking out of surgery an hour later, and the vet even saved the placentas for Midge to eat when she got home. Not my usual vets but the only one I could contact in an emergency at 2 in the morning. It could have been so much worse, apart from a bill to rival the national debt: shame they aren't Cockerpoos or Labradoodles: one pup would have settled the bill. I will be looking for homes for two of the pups, but no way advertising them yet: many a slip twixt cup ... etc etc. Two are Cricket (sire: Border/Whippet) coloured, sort of wheaten, and one is black and tan like Midge. Just so pleased Midge is being a real trouper: always a worry with a caesar if they haven't been able to pass one pup first, just in case the bitch wakes up and acts horrified at what has appeared, but she's being just brilliant. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 12,023 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Oh dear ,so the fathers a border x whippet who or what is midge? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiny 7 1,694 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Glad all went well.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Sounds like a stressful night penny. Glad mum and pups are doing ok now. Is midge a terrier? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,149 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 I'm sure midge is an Airedale, I may be mistaken... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 I'm sure midge is an Airedale, I may be mistaken... Her Airedale is name Dill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,149 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 I'm sure midge is an Airedale, I may be mistaken... Her Airedale is name Dill? Dill? Doh!!! I DID say I may be mistaken 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Sorry: should have said: Midge is a terrier, this is the fourth generation I've bred from her line. Just keep a bitch each time. So Midge is out of a Russell 'type' bitch, and her sire was a Lakie 'type'. I say type as they're mongrelised terriers that have done the job for me over the last 20 odd years. Midge: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 12,023 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 What height is midge,should get good little mooching dog out the pair. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 They will be cracking pups I bet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 What height is midge,should get good little mooching dog out the pair. I've never measured her, but I'd guess around 13", certainly no more. I've got a full body pic of her somewhere but can I as hell find it. One of the things I like most about her (and her line) is her temperament: a lamb at home and around other dogs, and a lion in the field, and a work ethic second to none: right up to last Thursday she was bushing out rabbits, though I had to keep her on the lead where other stuff might have been lurking. She's a real treasure and I love her to bits, soppy though that may sound, but I don't care. I never thought I'd get a litter of her as she had sparse seasons and only came in once a year or not at all. Fingers crossed all the pups make it, though they've survived the first day and night and are filling out well. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martinhalli 735 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 best of luck with them penny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philstory 83 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Should be ok once got through first twenty four hours. As long as midge has plenty of milk and pups are suckling on. Be fine and dandy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Good luck with them penny. Just FFS don't post it on here if you give them weetabix 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 No weetabix for my pups First thing they'll taste after their mother's milk will be nice fresh rabbit ... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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