Maggie was C-sectioned today. She had 8 (can you believe it? 8!!) puppies. One of them didn't make it, but we brought Maggie and 7 puppies home this afternoon. She's having a lot of pain and doesn't seem too interested in nursing them. I gave her some pain meds so she can hopefully relax a little. The puppies were starving when we brought them home. They are so tiny that they had a hard time finding a teat, latching on and staying latched on. I went ahead and bottle fed them so they could sleep. They are sound asleep right now in their big box under a heat lamp. Maggie is cleaning them, sniffing and counting them and comes when they cry, but she just doesn't want to nurse. I may wind up as a puppy mama. Here's a picture or 2 to share with you. They all look like their daddy, the lab.
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