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Letter to You Why I became an Imperial Shih Tzu breeder Whelping Photos See pups as they are born Heat Cycles First days of heat Pre Natal Care of pups Care of the Bitch before and during Pregnancy Mating your dog Best days to bred your bitch The Stud His ability to produce sperm and mate and artificial insemination Is she Pregnant Signs she is pregnant Java Due date Inside her body fertilization to birth Due Date Chart Puppies are usually born 61 days after conception Temp Chart Taking a dogs temperature and recording her temp to predict her whelp day Print Temp Chart Taking her temp to determine whelping time Whelping Supplies Hemostats, bulb syringes, towels tons of them Labor Stages Digging, Shivering and Panting See a Live Birth See my Shih Tzu deliver a pup Hard Labor Begins Whelping the puppies Aspirating Throat & Nose Removing Fluids from the nasal passages Umbilical Cord How to cut the umbilical cord Difficult Whelp (Dystocia) What to do if shes in distress What Can go Wrong - Movie Distressed Pup and Mom Care of Bitch Discharge, Retained Placentas, Eclampsia Puppy Care Fading Pup, Bottle Feeding, Tube feeding, Vaccinations Weaning the pups Giving the pups food Disease of Dogs Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvovirus Worms and Fleas Roundworm, tapeworm, Coccidia, Fleas & Giardia Selling Your Puppys Placing your Puppies Terms of Breeding Common breeder terms we all should know More Whelping Photos Imperial Shih Tzu by Jensen Imperial Shih Tzu breeder since 1976 Now Chinese Imperial Dog |
Complications during pregnancy If you see any green discharge BEFORE the first puppy arrives, please call the veterinarian. Green discharge AFTER the first puppy arrives is NORMAL. If your dog strains continuously for one hour and no puppy arrives, please call the veterinarian. A puppy may be stuck somewhere in the birth canal. My Sister in law Barb worked on a cold puppy for hours. He made it. I had a pup born under the bed. It was cold and lifeless. I warmed it with a hair dryer for an hour. She made it and is living in her new home. Dont give up on a pup. Pelvic canal obstruction due to fetal over-size Next are 3 photo of one my Shih Tzu puppys that is to large to pass. Coming breech with its front legs wedged in a position that was difficult to pass. Its sac tore loose and it was dangling for 10 minutes. When I finally pulled it out it was to late. I aspirated for 10 minutes but because it was not face first it didn't get oxygen and it died. This Shih Tzu mother would have died if she had been left to deliver on her own. In this case pulling on the pup was the only alternative to saving the mother.  Peeling back the vulva, I can see his hind toes and I know the pup is coming out feet first ( breech ). This pup is stuck. Its placenta is torn off.  He is without oxygen. I used Vaseline to lube up the puppy and pulled it out. But I knew it wouldn't survive  The decision to save the mother or pup is a difficult one breeders face. I chose saving the mother. If I could have gotten it out quicker it would have lived but its front legs were positioned one up above it head and one down and caught on the umbilical cord. I had a delivery a few months back with a similar situation. If I was not there to assist the pup would of died and the mother from exhaustion. The pups was breech. It's body was stuck from the waist up to the head. I was determined that I was going to find a way to get this pup out so I stuck my finger in the vulva and felt for the top of puppies shoulder. I bent my finger over the shoulder and pulled with my finger. It popped out. Once the shoulder was out, the pup was easy to pull out. This puppy lived. There are times a bitch whelps her pups to early. Pups born before day 58 will not survive if their lungs are not developed. Here is a picture of a pup that was born so early that it did not have hair   A female I had fought with another female during the pregnancy. I was sure a pup would be born deformed. I was right. This lil boy had his gutts born on the outside. No arm and deformed tail. He feel asleep and died  
  Sidney is my friend Barbs female. Bred to The Gabe Two pups were whelping at the same time. I reached inside Sidney and felt a foot and a tail. It was breech. I tried to grab ahold of him and reposition him and get ahold of him and try to pull him out Sidney was taken to the vet and after he also failed to get ahold of him or reposition he performed a c-section 4 pups were delivered, All were born live but the first pup died within minutes  Picture shows : What I feel happened is two pups were coming down the same time, the first was positioned wrong but to high up to reposition him. He blocked the exit for pup 2 If a pup is out but its placenta is still inside. You can wait to see if it comes out. and if it doesnt do what I show below in the picture. Try to do it at the same time mom has a contraction if possible  
A Picture of a C-section I lost my hard drive and would love to give credit to the sweet person who sent me these pictures please contact me. Picture of a human 
90% of litters are whelped with ease, thank God we as breeders only face these difficult whelping occasionally. I just want you to be prepared for the worst so you can better deal with these difficult deliveries. If you have questions please e-mail I cant say I have the answer to all questions but I will do the best I can. Debbie Jensen |