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Fantasy Pups
Fantasypups Marshmellow Lucia is proud to announce the birth of her five pups this day of 2018.
All five puppies are apricot colored, and there are two female puppies and three male puppies. Marshmellow had been showing signs of oncoming delivery for a week, so I did not think twice when this morning she holed up in the back of her crate. But the other dogs seemed to know something was different from the way they kept circling her crate and peering in. I began to suspect, so I moved her to her whelping pen. Sure enough, Marshmellow silently delivered her first puppy at 10:30am. Unlike Phantasia, Marshmellow is quick and efficient about her births. She has the puppy all cleaned up before you can even get a look at it. And she is fastidious about it. I wasn't able to get my gloved hand in to check the sex of the puppy until over an hour later. It was a little boy! It seemed as if she was finished come lunchtime, but then at 12:25pm she gave birth to a girl. Once again, she was quick in clean up. All the while, I am peering to make sure that the placenta is delivered before she disposes of it. Counting the after-birth is just as important as counting the puppies! The next boy came fast behind his sister. It was 12:45 when this one was born,. Then nature gave Marshmellow a good 45 minute break which she used to tidy up her tidy up her three babies. I was wondering whether she might be done, when at 1:30pm another puppy was born. Marshmellow had the birth sack off his head before he was fully delivered, had cleaned off his face, and he was already nursing on the nearest teet! Boy was I amused! The little guy was still being nourished through his belly button and already he was taking nourishment through his mouth! In fact, for one hour, his placenta and umbilical cord remained undelivered so that the little guy was "glued" to his mother, belly to belly. Nonetheless, he stretch his little mouth up to nurse and latched on firmly. I was unable to get my surgical clamps in to tie off the hidden umbilical cord for fear of "over-intervening" so Marshmellow and I waited patiently for the placenta to be delivered. So I fed her some yogurt -- calcium encourages contractions. Finally, at 2:35pm, Marshmellow Marshmellow gave birth to the placenta, immediately followed by another female puppy, and her placenta as well.. Here is a photo of Momma and pups taking a well-deserved nap.
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BreederHello. My name is Marie, and I have three Schnauzers that fill my life with joy! With the help of my children and grandchildren, I am raising Schnoodle puppies and placing them in good homes. Feel free to browse through my website and enjoy the pictures! Archives
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