[ SHOWGSD-L ] Whelping
- From: ParavelGS@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (showlist)
- Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:52:17 +0000
"How did you gain knowledge and experience in whelping a litter before you
bred and whelped your first litter? "
Oh gosh, I think the work starts when the bitch comes in heat !! I've been
running for the last week taking Lucy in for Progesterone timing, scrambling to
arrange shipment of cooled semen from the stud, with the culmination in the
surgical exploration and implant on saturday. Now I have a bitch with staples
and an incision who isn't suppose to go up stairs, so I am sleeping on an air
mattress on the living room floor... geez the things we do for our dogs !! I
had a wonderful book by Dr Phyllis Holst on breeding that I devoured when I had
my first few litters. I loved the illustrations and the time line table of
fetal development. It also talked about the various delivery positions of the
fetus. We all have developed our own technique when we help our bitches
deliver, I am one that doesn't believe in letting the bitch do it all by
herself I haven't had alot of litters but I've had easy deliveries and
nightmares (one bitch aborted her litter a week before due, all were d
ead) . I'm always amazed when I hear stories about people leaving their dogs
chained to a doghouse in the backyard to whelp... just unbelievable to me. I
haven't had a litter in 9 years, so I am very excited and anxious for the
things to come!
Sheri Chambers
Paravel German Shepherds
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