I am new to this forum and I know a ton of people get bashed on here but I need some general good advice from someone with experience! My Czech GSD is in labor and has been for 22 hours. She had 4 pups, then went from 7am to 3pm with no more pups and then had 2 more. I am almost positive there are more in there. She doesn't seem to be in any pain or in distress or anything like that. I just know dogs normally don't labor for more than 24 hours so I am starting to get a bit concerned. My other question is that the first born pup bled a lot when the umbilical cord was cut by the mom but it did finally stop. Now the pup is pretty weak, I did get her to nurse a few times but she is not eager like the others. Should I give her karo syrup and if so how should I administer it? This is my second time whelping a litter and I didn't have any issues the last time so this is new to me! The other problem is the vets are closed and the only on call vet in my area is a complete crook. Any help would be appreciated
I don't have any real advice for you, but someone will come along and help.
Do you have any milk replacement or goats milk in a can?
I don't know about Karo, I will do some googling for you and see what I can find.
There is also a recipe on the main part of the site for milk replacer for pups...off to find it for you.
ETA: my gut tells me that plain pedialyte might be helpful for this too if the pup is dehydrated. If I didn't have a bottle I would try a couple drops with an eye dropper or tiny medicine syringe. But done carefully so the pup doesn't aspirate it.
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Thank you. I have the recipe for the replacement milk. I don't know if I should because she is drinking some from the mother but my issue is more her lack of interest in wanting more.. the others seem to want it a lot more often.
I know this is my fault but I was actually planning on going out today for the goats milk and she went into labor last night which is almost a week early. I wasn't expecting that and now I can't go to the store and leave her unattended.
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Are we talking hard labor with zero progress since the last pup? How many hours has it been since the last puppy and is she still pushing?
Sometimes a short walk can get things moving (take a towel with you just in case.)
I'd just continue to put that pup on mom and keep them warm. I don't think you need karo or that it would help. I use karo for crashing blood sugar in toy puppies which appears as extreme lethargy while otherwise hydrated.
Hi Julie, I know you may not like the vet that is open, but maybe you could call, and find out what the cost for an emergency exam & perhaps an x-ray would be. If it's been this long, and you are concerned, and think there are more pups, and didn't have an x-ray done beforehand, then there is always that possibility of serious complications. Complications which left unattended, could be life threatening for your dog, and even more expensive at a normal clinic, than a quick exam and x-ray at an emerg clinic.
I don't mean to "bash" you, I'm just passing on what I know from experience working in both an emergency vet and a regular vet, and having seen this scenario play out both ways.
thank you. You probably posted that before seeing what I wrote above but she did just push out another finally. I was trying to avoid the xray mainly because I don't want to stress them all out by dragging them to the vet if I don't have to..
Yeah I didn't see that. That is good that she has got another one out. How does she seem now? Any more contractions? For the weak puppy, I would just keep trying to latch her on, and make she she is warm. It's all you can do, at this point I think.
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