I need some dog birth advice please.?

The puppies will do best if they get the colostrum milk within 2 hours of whelp. The longer they go without nursing, the more risk there is to the puppy.

Added; Yes, that might be a part of the problem, as poor mothering is often an inherited trait, and she hasn't been imprinted. More likely, it is because she is too young to be mature. They are seldom good moms until they are two years old.

Remove puppies as they are born, putting them into a box lined with towels or small blankets in order to keep them warm. Cold puppies die quickly, so make sure they are dried well by Mom or you, and then keep them away until Mom stops digging.

Considering you don't know how many pups she will have, stay right there and make sure there is a placenta born with each puppy. count them to make sure and let her eat them if she wants to.

Once she settles down, you can put the puppies back with her and if she still refuses to feed them, here is how to bottle feed;

http://www.leerburg.com/bottlefeeding.htm

If the pups won't or can't nurse from Mom, I usually milk the nipples into a puppy feeding bottle in order that the puppies get the colostrum (first milk) where all the immunity is.

As this has been going on for some time now, even from your first question, I think now is the time to contact a professional. As I've already said, puppies can go for some time without suckling, and it's also possible to keep them going with a glucose/warm water solution. HOWEVER, as you are obviously still struggling with this whelping (and going by your previous questions, you really should have found yourself a mentor, before the actual whelping started!!) you really do need a professional, or at least somebody who has seen birth before, with you. If this puppy is warm, and quiet, he's okay, for now - but an hour has gone by. That should have been plenty of time to persuade mum to lie down and allow him to take a teat. Have some body gently restrain her and latch this puppy onto her teat. The urgency with this is he must take her first milk. And as I said before, the act of suckling will stimulate contractions, so she can produce the other puppies.

If she's not had another puppy yet, it's time she did - one hour has gone by +..

If she's covering him up - as I've said before too, get him into a box with a warm bottle, so he doesn't get smothered.

Basically unless she's having strong contractions, she should lie down, let you attach this puppy so he gets a good drink, and then you can feel safe in putting him in a box, away from all the scratching and scraping up.

However, the next puppy needs to be coming out by now. Although sometimes with a big litter, a b itch may well take a rest midway through the whelping, if she's only delivered one puppy so far, it is possible she's gone into inertia - 'shut down' . In which case you must get her, and her puppy already born, into your car and off to the vet for a shot to get her going. Again it's impossible to tell you for sure what's going on here, without seeing her.

As this is dragging on, your first puppy will need to nurse - puppies need feeding every couple of hours.

It's your decision, but if this was my b itch, and I was so unsure/inexperienced (you've had plenty of time to get all the back up you needed, first hand, in place!!), I'd at least be calling my vet, and probably insisting in getting her in before it all goes badly wrong. If you do take her in, take somebody with you to watch your b itch - often a car journey will get things started - so take your whelping equipment with you, and of course, the puppy in a warm box.

Oh, this is so frustrating to read!!

Add - re your Add - absolutely not. Whelping is a natural event - instinct should take over.

Then you need to find a shelter/vet to surrender her to. doesn't matter if this wasn't planned it happened and you still have an obligation to this dog and her pup, which means providing the needed vet care.

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