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Day 12 — MUNI Naps and Zenith Has Her Stitches Removed

By Galen|2018-10-05T18:57:22-07:00October 5, 2018|dachshunds|

We blew it! The stitches from Zenith's C-Section were supposed to be removed on Day 9 or 10, according to the discharge instructions I re-read this morning. Ooops. Fortunately, our SF vet, Dr. Jill Chase, changed her schedule and came by about 6. She checked Zenith out, removed the stitches, said Zenith's weight was fine (I was worried Zenith's picky eating were making her thin), and wasn't worried about the probably-cottage-cheese-caused diarrhea. More importantly, Dr. Chase marveled happily at MUNI's size and healthy look. Here's MUNI modeling chunky good health in the whelping box: Day 12 -- MUNI sleeping [...]

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Day 11 — Picture Perfect

By Galen|2018-10-04T18:02:13-07:00October 4, 2018|dachshunds|

There has been so much more to write about than I expected when I started chronicling our new relationship with Zenith's puppies... now puppy. I'd expected that most posts would be pictures, with a some comments about weights or behaviors. At least until the puppies started crawling a moving around a bit. Today has been one of the days I expected. Not much going on on the puppy front. I have just been going into the room and looking adoringly at the girl. Here are a couple photos from today. As always, please click on a picture to see a larger [...]

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Day 10 — Peaceful Growth

By Galen|2018-10-04T17:07:24-07:00October 3, 2018|dachshunds|

It's nice to post predictable puppy progress. We are all happy with a few days of quiet normality! MUNI skipped the 14 oz level and showed up in the scale at 15.38 oz this morning! Good, steady gain. I dug out our guides and confirmed that I need to put away the flash for a while. MUNI's eyes should be opening any time now, and a bright flash could injure a young eye. So, please forgive the photos for a while. They're going to be grainy (because of the fast ISO we need for low light), with a small area [...]

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Day 9 — Weighing In

By Galen|2018-10-02T20:15:26-07:00October 2, 2018|dachshunds|

MUNI is continuing to grow at a satisfyingly fast rate. Yay! In addition to looking at her chubby, wriggling body and healthy, shiny coat, Geoffrey weighs her every morning to make sure our subjective observations match objective measures. MUNI's day starts with an after breakfast (or after her 8th breakfast at 8 am) weighing in. MUNI at her weigh in on the towels lining the bowl that's on top of the food scale.CLICK on the picture for a larger, clearer version! This morning at 8:10 MUNI was 13.89 oz, up from 12.52 yesterday at 7:25. She is growing [...]

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Day 8 — MUNI is Measuring Up

By Galen|2018-10-01T18:51:31-07:00October 1, 2018|dachshunds|

I'm knocking on wood as I write this. We don't have a life-threatening crisis in the pack at the moment. Knock, knock! Zenith and MUNI have been comfortable spending the day together in the whelping box. Zenith will come out and greet the rest of the pack and go out back to do doggie things in the backyard (or not). She's eaten reasonable a reasonable breakfast and dinner. She makes gruntled noises when you reach in and pet her while she's nursing. MUNI is doing her part, too. She's eating, sleeping, and growing. This morning, a 1/4 day short of [...]

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Day 7 — [Over] Protective Parents Focusing on MUNI

By Galen|2018-10-01T18:55:07-07:00September 30, 2018|dachshunds|

I would be a terribly overprotective parent. Any child of mine would not be allowed to cross the street unescorted until they turned 18. So, you can imagine how carefully I am watching MUNI since we learned of her brother's death. Fortunately, she weighed in at 11.4 oz this morning, almost a full ounce more than yesterday. She is sleeping, eating, and generally seems okay. Day 7 - MUNI and Galen's Hand Geoffrey stayed at home in the puppy room while I went to church today. He said all was peaceful. Zenith and MUNI have moved to the [...]

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Day 6 — Metro Died

By Galen|2018-10-01T18:55:24-07:00September 30, 2018|dachshunds|

We received a call from the hospital about 11 last night. The doctor told us that Metro had died. We feel the loss. This is the first puppy we have had die in our three litters. We know that the rate of puppy mortality is fairly high, but Metro's is our first death. Metro struggled to find his way from his first moments. The photo below shows the care team at Bishop Ranch trying to help Metro latch on to his mother. He really never got the hang of finding a nipple and eating. Trying to Help Metro Eat [...]

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Day 6 — An Emergency Metro Update

By Galen|2018-09-29T19:27:33-07:00September 29, 2018|dachshunds|

Metro Being Bottle Fed at Home Earlier this Week Metro Has Aspirated Milk at the Hospital... They tube fed him and gave him the bottle which he sucked on some. They put him back in his cage and the next time they checked him, at about 4 pm, they saw milk coming from his nose and mouth. They x-rayed and confirmed that there is fluid in his lungs … they are giving him oxygen, and he's fighting still. The doctor said that there's nothing they can do beyond the oxygen, giving him a prophylactic antibiotic, and hoping. It [...]

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“Manahatta” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

By Galen|2018-09-29T16:49:34-07:00September 29, 2018|osf, plays|

Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle directed by Laurie Woolery Steven Flores, Rainbow Dickerson, Sheila Tousey, Tanis Parenteau. ,br />Photo by Jenny Graham. This world-premiere production tells the story of the poor treatment of Native American people by Imperialistic white "settlers", brillianty weaves together narratives four centuries apart, and gives us a satisfying understanding of how the actions taken in 1626 reverberate in today's America. Manahatta deals with themes similar to the also-world-premiere The Way the Mountain Moved , but Manahatta did it right, engaging the audience instead of giving a sermon to it. Manahatta is about [...]

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Day 6 — Metro Keeps Hanging In and MUNI Gets Cute

By Galen|2018-09-29T13:16:26-07:00September 29, 2018|dachshunds|

The morning hospital report on Metro was okay, but not great. He is up to "the high 140 grams" based on the doctor's memory; the chart was not available. That's up from 139g yesterday morning. But, he's still weak on sucking so they are feeding him both by tube and bottle. Every hour, apparently. Last night's and this morning's doctors advised against a family visit. Yesterday morning's doctor and our regular vet said we should see him and bring his mother or at least a towel with her smells on it. We are trying to follow doctor's orders, but we [...]

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