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2008/5/10 5 days old--We are growing like weeds (including little Brownie)Time for a quick update before I try to catch some sleep...
Pups are doing just great, growing like weeds. Everyone got their dew claws removed most unceremoniously on Thursday evening, with little fanfare and no apparent residual distress. Ellie took Reese for a walk around the block while my delightful neighbor (and DVM) Michael came by to do the deed. They all screamed and struggled (which is really what I want to see-no lethargic pups, please) and then instantaneously forgot about it. Reese seemed thoroughly unconcerned when she got back, and seems none the wiser, which is just as well, given her maternal dedication.
Our big girl is up to 22 oz, the smaller is 15. There is always one gorilla in the box, it seems. Two of the boys are around 15 oz and one is up at about 20. Even little brownie the baby Mal is doing great, up from 7 oz on Monday to 12 1/2 today! She looks like a chubby little baby mink. She is nursing strongly now, so I am cutting back on her supplementation gradually. I am (fingers crossed) optimistic that she will make it now, though I wasn't so sure on Monday and Tuesday. All got a clean bill of health today from Dr. Wilson at Pilchuck, so I am just about to breath a sigh of relief as we approach the critical one week mark.
Bella's hematocrit was up to 25 today (all it took to make her eat was a roast pork tenderloin with garlic and crushed red chili, made into sandwiches with french bread, au jus, and butter, specially delivered by Peter to her at Pilchuck last night...) She has been released from the hospital and is now on her way down to Auntie Martha's house in Portland to recuperate sans puppies. I would of course dearly love to keep her here, but at this point she is way too fragile to nurse the pups, and it would be utterly distressing to her to be in the house and hear the puppies but not be able to get to them. And Reese is an extremely dedicated mother, completely unwilling to share her six babes with anyone else--they are hers thank you very much. It will be a very hard month without my Bella and India here, but Reese and I have grown attached already and I am so grateful to have her here. The only way things could have worked out better was not to have happened at all... 引用通告此日志的引用通告 URL 是： http://bellapuppies.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!88F51721FB7E6C8F!755.trak 引用此项的网络日志
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