Canine Reproduction  & Whelping Guide   by Debbie Jensen Crimping and Cutting the Umbilical Cord

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Canine Reproduction The Series DVD Explains how to prepare and assist a bitch whelping a litter. Shows you step by step what you need to do during the birth. Cutting Cords Aspirating Whelping Tools and How to Use them Artificial Insemination Predicting Due Date Signs of Labor

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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 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

Whelping Day /Crimping and Cutting the Umbilical Cord The attached Umbilical cord runs from the placenta to the pups navel, it supplies the pup with rich oxygenated blood. This blood can be returned to a weak pup by squeezing along the cord this pushes the blood back into the pup. Note # weak puppies can use this extra blood contained in the cord. Now crimp the cord with hemostats or string like dental floss. Cutting the Umbilical cord now can be done but only after the pup mouth and nose have been aspirated and the blood returned back to the pup . This figure shows an attached placenta. Cut between hemostats and placenta The hemostats are clamped 1/2 inch from the puppies belly. With dull scissors cut between the placenta and the hemostats. Not between the hemostats and the pups belly. If the placenta is not attached to the pup you must try and retrieve it yourself. Look at the vulva and see if part is hanging out. With a towel grasp it and pull it out. It is very slippery and will tear apart. If it sucks back into the birth canal it will delay the next pup birth, sometimes up to an hour. This happens often to me. Close up of Placenta This placenta above is still attached to the uterine wall. When it comes out you can allow the mother to eat one or two placentas if she wants. Discard the rest. Eating the placenta provides nourishment for the mother. It also helps aid in milk production and will cause the uterus to shrink back down to size. Note # if your mom does not appear to have milk you can give her dark beer but light works too. I give my Shih Tzus that weigh about 9 pounds 2 teaspoons Eating to many placenta will give her diarrhea, and a black stool that will stain all that it comes in contact with. Offer the mother water at any time during whelping.