This often happens with cows. We always had I.V.s on hand and calcium and at times had to quickly set up in the field to save a cow. They would recover quickly and up and about. Anne, TN On Sep 10, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Liane Fossland wrote: > I will never be without calcium again. I had a scare with one of my > bitches > years ago. She had 12 pups. After she delivered all of them she > suddenly > went down and would not get up. I immediately called the vet and was > told to > give her 2 Tums, then bring her in right away for a calcium shot. > She was > able to get up after the Tums and after the shot she was fine again. > Lee F. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================