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    Puppies starting to stand and walk at 8 days old????

    So a day or so ago, I caught one of the puppies standing up for the first time and trying to walk as I was shutting off the camera. Today, two puppies fully stood up and took a couple of steps. Everything I read said this shouldn’t happen for another couple of weeks. Their eyes still aren’t...
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    ADVICE WANTED: First time mother, c-section, spayed, in pain, larger than normal litter size and puppy size, overwhelmed

    @mark0086 Can I ask another question since you’ve been so kind to give me some of your time? The vet said the pups should gain about 10% each day. What do I do if they aren’t gaining that much? She just found her stride and is actively invested. I think that will change now. Can I give it a...
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    ADVICE WANTED: First time mother, c-section, spayed, in pain, larger than normal litter size and puppy size, overwhelmed

    @mark0086 Thank you! Yes. We have the pig rail but she sits on them in the middle of the pen but good thing is that she’s doing like 1000% better today. It’s like she’s my old dog again. And she’s being attentive again. I’ve had to step in a lot less. We brought her back to vet and they...
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    ADVICE WANTED: First time mother, c-section, spayed, in pain, larger than normal litter size and puppy size, overwhelmed

    @victorbess She definitely is. She’s already doing better today with the pain meds. I think her big problem was pain. And I also think you may be right, that we were doing too much. Sometimes when they cry, she basically looks at me to do something. I think the help was necessary at first...
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    ADVICE WANTED: First time mother, c-section, spayed, in pain, larger than normal litter size and puppy size, overwhelmed

    So I’m an overwhelmed dog mom. My loving pup just gave birth to five healthy puppies. It was supposed to be six but the first one was just way too big, got stuck and unfortunately died. Vet said mother would have never been able to complete process on her own. He said that her size breed would...
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