uboma:




I am still grieving, not really in the mood to provide details now. Thanks to you and cedar3 for the show of concern.


Please do keep me posted, I will be buying a pup from you again.

I can imagine. take heart abeg.

jayned:

I can imagine. take heart abeg.

Nagode

So by day 65, hubby woke me up saying he thinks Isis was in labour. I was really sleepy as I had slept late and had no particular plans for the morning since I was not going to vote as my voters card was not transfered. I remember jumping out of bed immediately.

When I went out, Isis was running around disoriented. for the record, I have never experienced dog's birth like this. She had time to come jump on me then ran off looking for a corner to dig. She eventually went to the place we prepared for her and stayed there.

Not quite long the first puppy came. Oh that sweet sweet cry of a newborn puppy. It's a boy! . Then another boy and another boy. The second boy was not so strong while the 3rd boy was the strongest.

I was actually expecting 2 puppies but got 3! Unfortunately the 2nd boy did not survive found him dead and cold by morning. I was forming the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh. but I could not hold back my tears later in church.

Everywhere was pretty clean with this birth probably because there were only 3 puppies. I didn't have to do much cleaning. It's amazing how Isis just stepped into her motherly role. The way she envelopes them is amazing. There are times you won't even know they are there.

Picture taken on day 3.

Since we have just 2 puppies, I decided to do baby friendly. I will not be supplementing their milk.

This time around, I decided to use these puppies to test my skills. So I did the cropping of the ears myself @ day 13(next time, I will do it earlier). I got my six year old to help me hold the puppies in place while I did the knotting using tiny rubber rings just like before.(boy! we were all shaking, mama, daughter and puppy).

The puppies cried non stop for over 30mins. By this time, I had brought Isis in. She was really confused as she could not pacify them. She did everything but they cried nonstop. There I was standing helpless. I now decided to pick one. Before I knew it, I was rocking it and singing 'rock a bye baby.'...believe it or not the puppy stopped crying and even went to sleep. The look on Isis face was priceless(she must have wished she had hands like mine).

She did not hesitate to let me pick the second one and same... was soon fast asleep as the first. And that was how the ear cropping episode ended. (phew)

Isis and I really have a strong bond she never snaps at me when I want to pick the puppies unlike Ira. I can even dislodge a puppy while sucking and she will just be looking like we are co parents.

By day 14, they were due for deworming and I was doing that for the first time as well(for puppies their age). I had seen the vet do it like twice so I tried it. It was successful!

Puppies at 1week old.

Wow....just finished reading from day 1, thanks for the documentation, it'll keep helping people even 10 years from now..

Please i have a question, can i give my lhasa of 10 weeks the local food like soybeans, maize and groundnut? Is it adviceable, i went to the thread you referred that you got it from, no one talked about feeding it to lhasa, it was either Cauc, Gsd or other big dogs.

Wow!�� Congratulations once again. So Isis is a 65er.

Jayned, remember when I called you earlier January about how to breed?Am beginning to get downcast. I bred my boy Kenya to one other dog Milan but it seems it was a false pregnancy. Today is day 64 after the first breeding but still no show, though I got little milk when I pressed her nipple but her belly is so small. Am getting disappointed.

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cedar3:
Wow!�� Congratulations once again. So Isis is a 65er.

Jayned, remember when I called you earlier January about how to breed?Am beginning to get downcast. I bred my boy Kenya to one other dog Milan but it seems it was a false pregnancy. Today is day 64 after the first breeding but still no show, though I got little milk when I pressed her nipple but her belly is so small. Am getting disappointed.

Hmmm. I know how you feel. I have been there twice but nevertheless it's not over until it's over. Meanwhile, you said her tummy is small do you try to feel the tummy when she is on her back? (be careful not to press hard though). It's possible she is carrying one or 2 puppies.

kenneyor:
Wow....just finished reading from day 1, thanks for the documentation, it'll keep helping people even 10 years from now..

Please i have a question, can i give my lhasa of 10 weeks the local food like soybeans, maize and groundnut? Is it adviceable, i went to the thread you referred that you got it from, no one talked about feeding it to lhasa, it was either Cauc, Gsd or other big dogs.

It's depends on why you want to switch really. If I were you and can afford it and if the dog is not complaining, I will stick to the commercial food. It's way more convenient and you are sure of the composition.

All the best.

Meet the sons of Zeus, Hercules and Perseus at 5 weeks old.

jayned:
Meet the sons of Zeus, Hercules and Perseus at 5 weeks old.

they are so cute.

uboma:



they are so cute.

Yes ooo. Thanks

And the last one might just be a replica of Zeus. Cute little things they are.

So cute!!

cedar3:
And the last one might just be a replica of Zeus. Cute little things they are.

A carbon copy! the only difference is that he loves food too much unlike Zeus.

Hercules and Perseus @6 weeks. I have never seen more beautifully cropped ears. I think I deserve some accolades.

The duo @ 6weeks.

Your dogs are alway wow! you make me fall in love with Caucasian breed

jayned:
Hercules and Perseus @6 weeks. I have never seen more beautifully cropped ears. I think I deserve some accolades.

Re they booked already or you re trying to sell

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Greenarrow01:
Re they booked already or you re trying to sell

Sorry they are both booked.

gman55:
Your dogs are alway wow! you make me fall in love with Caucasian breed

Thanks so much.

throwaway:
So cute!!

thank you!

jayned:
it's day 76 or so today and I don't think we will be having any puppies. Ira's blood test came in and her PCV is 35%. When I heard PCV initially, I thought the doc was referring to my PVC before treatment and I was like ' PVC even in the vet clinic?'. Anyway PCV means Packed cell volume.

There are many causes of low PCV (please google up) and I cant pin point why my dog has/had it. Anyway, I want to get a second opinion cos the vet looked over ambitious. It's all about the money for him, it seems.

Ira is pretty fine. Still hyper active. No discharge, shedding heavily.

Hi Jayned,
Has Ira given birth after this Pseudo pregnancy?

Lovely dogs you've got, by the way

PaulAris:

Hi Jayned,
Has Ira given birth after this Pseudo pregnancy?

Lovely dogs you've got, by the way

Since you asked, I should as well give an update. Hmmm it's day 61 of mating today. Everything seemed ok not until day 54 when I saw an almost black discharge from her vagina. called the vet bla bla bla. To cut the long story short, she started becoming less pregnant and I am afraid I have totally given up.

Meanwhile, I don't think they are pseudo pregnancies it's possible she has an infection or something. The issue is all the vet's here are paravets just doing trial and error.

jayned:

Since you asked, I should as well give an update. Hmmm it's day 61 of mating today. Everything seemed ok not until day 54 when I saw an almost black discharge from her vagina. called the vet bla bla bla. To cut the long story short, she started becoming less pregnant and I am afraid I have totally given up.

Meanwhile, I don't think they are pseudo pregnancies it's possible she has an infection or something. The issue is all the vet's here are paravets just doing trial and error.

Oh wow
This pregnancy is the immediate one after that time right?
[At bold]; I guess so too. A friend of mine as a dog with similar problem too
Tho she hasn't come on heat since the time she did not conceive, it was due on the first week of January.
I read on a thread of an infection called Brucellosis. A zoonotic bacteria. Its said to affect the reproductive system of dogs. You can look it up too
I'm gonna ask my friend if he feeds his dog diary products, especially on raw diet

PaulAris:

Oh wow
This pregnancy is the immediate one after that time right?
[At bold]; I guess so too. A friend of mine as a dog with similar problem too
Tho she hasn't come on heat since the time she did not conceive, it was due on the first week of January.
I read on a thread of an infection called Brucellosis. A zoonotic bacteria. Its said to affect the reproductive system of dogs. You can look it up too
I'm gonna ask my friend if he feeds his dog diary products, especially on raw diet

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This is actually the 3rd pregnancy she has lost 3 times in a row. Funny she comes on heat readily. The last was not even upto 6 months since the last. She has come on heat 3 times since she whelped in November 2017.
I have actually come across brucellosis severally but I always wish it away. I will do an indepth study now. During the first pregnancy that was lost, I used to feed her raw eggs daily.

jayned:
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This is actually the 3rd pregnancy she has lost 3 times in a row. Funny she comes on heat readily. The last was not even upto 6 months since the last. She has come on heat 3 times since she whelped in November 2017.
I have actually come across brucellosis severally but I always wish it away. I will do an indepth study now. During the first pregnancy that was lost, I used to feed her raw eggs daily.

Wow! Three pregnancies lost consecutively?
So whats your plan now, I mean for her?
...
Do you think I should advice him(my friend) not to mate his dog when she comes on heat again(being what happened to yours could also happen to her), until he finds a solution?

PaulAris:

Wow! Three pregnancies lost consecutively?
So whats your plan now, I mean for her?
...
Do you think I should advice him(my friend) not to mate his dog when she comes on heat again(being what happened to yours could also happen to her), until he finds a solution?

He should not mate her again until he gets a correct vet that can check her to be sure she has no infection. We will do same too for Ira. She should come on heat 6 to 8 months after her last.

Meanwhile, I googled that brucellosis . Luckily, Ira does not have most of the symptoms since she is always hyper and never lethargic. I also learnt it might not be in nigeria so I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping it's something else that can be treated.

I asked you some questions when I got my dogs last year, I finally crossed them and waiting for puppies day 60 today