Puppies and surgery

This fall Carl and I bought a dog that we both really liked and had been watching for some time.  We were training her and she was doing great.  We started to notice that she was getting a little heavy.  We kept or eye on her and sure enough it became apparent to us that she was in fact pregnant.  So we prepared a pen for her and got things ready for puppies.  Since we had no idea that she was pregnant we didn't know her due date either. Sue was quick to learn how to be loose outside and adapted quickly to bring inside the house.  Vinyl, hardwood floors and stairs were never a fear of hers not typical of outside dogs.  Finally on 10/25/11 she had 11 puppies. They were all pretty small but one was about half the size as the others. She pushed it away during the night.  When a mother senses something wrong with a puppy its not uncommon for them to do something like this.  Still 10 puppies were plenty for her to take care of. 

The kids have been enjoying the puppies and the little ones are learning lots about the miracle of life.  We have been feeding ma ma dog lots of food and supplements to help keep both her and her puppies healthy.  Much like people the babies take so much out of the mother and its critical for her to be healthy. 

So Sue had her puppies on Tuesday the 25th. Then Diego one of our main leaders ate a rock and had to have surgery on Thursday.  A busy week for us and lots of dogs in the house staying warm and recovering.  Diego has a cone around his neck so he doesn't bother the wound on his belly.  He suffers from ADD or ADHD and insists on sniffing everything with the cone on his neck.  Looks like he is healing well and he is full of energy but he will be off for 3 weeks before he can start back exercising again.  I'm so glad that we discovered it quickly.  The vet said that he would not have passed it and it could have been fatal.  When I took him in i didn't care how much it would cost, i just wanted them to get it out.  Now I am the proud owner of a $750.00 rock and blessed that I still have my beloved Diego here.