Kirislin

Probably be some more photos tomorrow, I'm on puppy watch again. :D It will probably be the last time I see them with their eyes closed. I suspect the next time they'll be seeing the world.

A friend with a small white fluffy has asked me if I know what clippers are the best out of Wahl, Oster and Andis. She'd bought some cheapies and has nearly killed them already so wants to get a good quality brand that will last.

:laugh: clever idea. Butter's probably better than marg anyway.

that was the vet not me.

Here's the puppies feeding today. and here's the breech birth of boy 2, last Saturday. Daddy sounding so hopeful it might be a girl, and me sounding calm and matter of fact for once noting the time.

I've been sent a couple of videos that play on quicktime player. Can anyone give me moron simple instructions on how to put them on here? I just cant work out how to do it. I so want to, he's just emailed me the last little boy being born.

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Little bit tender, mostly on the inside of my fat leggies where I'd gripped for dear life. :laugh: Yes, it was worth it to see the iggies.

forgot to tell the story of my little "adventure" on Wednesday when I went to check on Widget and the puppies. I'm about an hour away from them, and I've been given a front door key to let myself in. I was about half way into my journey when I realised I'd forgotten to bring the key. I remembered her Dad mentioning something about a spare key hidden outside, but I only paid scant attention to him. What a mistake that was! I got there and went to open the side gate to get into the backyard. He'd neglected to mention it's padlocked. The gate and fence would have to at least 6 feet high, possibly a bit higher. I'm closer to 60 than 50 and arthritic, overweight with a very gammy hip and back (where's Mr Rolly eyes when we need him). I could't just climb the boundary fence which had the rails on his side, and straddle the front to backyard gate because of plants in the way. That would have been fairly easy I think, even for me. No, I had to scale the very high gate. I found some old chairs by the side of the house so put one on either side of the gate but when I went to stand on it, it sank in the soft dirt. I fossicked around and found some bricks to stand the chair on but it was all rather precarious and the gate was still way too high for me to just swing my leg over like mounting a horse. I had to haul myself up and for a while found myself sitting on top of the fence very much like Humpty Dumpty. It crossed my mind while looking down at how far away the ground was, that I might be in hopsital by the end of the day. I had to kick off a shoe so I could use my monkey toes to grip the railing on the backyard side. My primitive instinct must have really kicked in because I hung on with my toes for dear life. When I finally set foot on terra firma I couldn't believe I'd done it mostly unscathed. So then to find the key, now where did he say it was? I was rummaging around where I thought it could be, even doing a spot of weeding for him, in desperation that it could have been put somewhere that had since grown over. I looked and looked but no, I couldn't find it. I believe I'm the last person on Earth without a mobile phone, and this is the first time I wished I had one, I had to face the dreaded fence again so I could find a phone to ring him from. So back I go, my heart in my mouth, so sure I'm going to go break a bone any moment. I made it over safely and then had to find a phone. I at least had some luck there, I remembered the vets up the road where I'd taken Widge to be weighed the week before and they were kind enough to let me use their phone, and my second stroke of luck was that I actually had written his mobile down and had it in my purse. Pick up your bloody phone! Nope, I got a recorded message, so left a very flustered message to him of what had happened and waited to hear back. The vet nurses were lovely and went through their records and found his work number and we got him on there. When I spoke to him expecting a bit of sympathy all I got was a very dry, well, you wont do that again will you? Then he asked if I could hear all the people laughing in the background? Yes, I can. Well they're laughing at YOU, but dont worry, you'll probably never meet them. I got the instructions, faced the gate for the THIRD time and found the key. Thank God it also opened the back door. I dont think I could have faced that gate again. I let myself in rummaged through his tablets and scoffed a Valium. I showed great control just taking one. And now I've attached his keys to my own car keys. He was right, I wont be doing that again. Edit: Of course hindsight is a wonderful thing. The smart thing to have done would be to ring him FIRST to check where he'd put the key, but I dont need it rubbed in anymore how silly I was. :laugh:

I've just hung up from their Dad and we were talking about when their eyes open and how much fun that's going to be. :laugh: Widge is getting lots of kisses of love and gratitude from her Dad and me when I visit. No trouble at all to give her some extra on your behalf, it's just the excuse I need to give her some more. :D

I could relate to your litter. I'm so glad mum and babies came through it all.

5F6A7289dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr It was pretty dark in there and I wanted to respect their privacy so some aren't great, but you can still see her cuteness, even in the dark. :laugh: 5F6A7291dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A7293dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A7294dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A7296dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr

Here you go, these are Wednesdays pics. They're a week old today and have more than doubled their weight. 5F6A7262dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A7267dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A7276dpptc by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A7281dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A7285dpptcr by kirislin, on Flickr

forget the dog, I'll eat that.

thanks :)

Including prefix how many letters are allowed on pedigree names in Vic?

I think this might have something to do with it, but I was still surprised that the vet had never seen a birth. I thought maybe even in their training they would have got the opportunity. It was a suburban vet we had to go to on Saturday.

good luck with everything.

this is something I dont know about - nursing bitches and eclampsia. When you say you feed raw, wouldn't you just add extra calcium rich food to her diet when she's producing milk? Why do you need the syrup?

Oooh I have to disagree with you there. We're all part of the DOL community. I'm also on a US whippet forum and we all take interest and delight in puppies from anywhere! Good luck with her.

I've seen videos on that dog before. He has frequent very bad sleep "walking" episodes. I think it's related to epilepsy.

Iggy Mum's off line for a while till the move's over and she can get her computer hooked up again.

I find this a real pity. For me getting the info on the internet isn't always convenient. I dont have a lap top computer but with a book I remember taking it to bed and reading it thoroughly.

that is so cute, apart from the last one. Poor dog.

I dont think so. Staffies are active dogs, as long as she's not overweight and she is sound it's probably exactly what she needs. I used to be amazed at just how far my whippets could go when I'd take them out while I rode my mare. I might do a 30k ride, but the whippets probably did at least double that with all the running back and forth and exploring they did. They used to be very tired by the end of the day, but they loved it.