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Day 3 — Eat! Please!!

By Galen|2018-10-01T18:58:27-07:00September 26, 2018|dachshunds|

MUNI, the girl seen here on the left, is gaining weight. The boy is losing weight and not staying well latched on. The Midday Report today has to focus on getting nourishment to the boy. The first week of their lives puppies aren't very interesting, anyway. They eat and sleep. They crawl over mother to find a dining spot, but they don't play, open their eyes, or generally act much more than consumers of milk. That's ideally. The girl, who we are tentatively calling MUNI, is doing okay. She is constantly on a nipple and sucking. She's gained [...]

Trying to Get Comfortable – Day 2 at 1:45 pm

By Galen|2018-10-01T18:58:13-07:00September 25, 2018|dachshunds|

A day for vigilance, or how to act like nervous grandparents. Our major concern at the moment is that Zenith ate only a breakfast of boiled chicken breast at about 7 and has refused more, refused more with rice, refused more with rice and chicken broth. She also has moments of whining and nervousness, moving the puppies further back in the whelping box, especially if both Geoffrey and I are in the room at the same time. The puppies seem fine. The girl continues to nap on a nipple and wakes to nurishment. We worry that the boy stays on [...]

Zenith’s Puppies — Day One

By Galen|2018-09-24T22:49:29-07:00September 24, 2018|dachshunds|

Zenith's C-Section at Bishop Ranch was on schedule and had happy results. At 2:02 this afternoon a girl was born, followed about a minute later by a smaller, darker boy. Dr. Janice Cain and her team were reassuring, warm, professional, and kept us all healthy and sane. Bringing the Puppy to her first Towelling It's now 10:15 at night and we are all home and settled down a bit. Zenith and the girls are in with Geoffrey in the television room. The heat is on to a cozy 75 degrees. Zenith is in the whelping box, and most [...]