Roxie’s Little Firecrackers Ignite at BaRNI with a Bang!
Howllo fellow hound lovers. I received the following email from Dawn this morning at 6:12 am, Acton, CA time. Rescues deal with many harsh realities and this is Roxie’s Story.
HERE IS DAWN’S EMAIL WITH PICTURES, SOME OF WHICH ARE DURING BIRTH.
If you are thinking of breeding and whelping puppies – please believe me – this is not for the faint of heart. 3 of the puppies had to have assistance in delivery, and one, Roxie was too weak to deliver on her own. Bloody, messy and primal – Roxie allowed me to assist her and I am very grateful to her for sharing her most intimate of times.
Roxie is the mother’s name and her story is not unique.
Purchased from a back yard breeder and then bred by her owners, this litter makes #3 in her lifetime of 2 years. Please understand – no basset should be bred BEFORE two years – they are still puppies themselves. Roxie was given up – in rescue we call this an OTI (Owner Turn In) to a wonderful ALL BREED rescue group in Modesto CA. She was supposedly 6 weeks pregnant. We were contacted and asked if we would consider taking her, as the rescuer wanted only the best possible homes for Roxie as well as the pups….. we said yes. Our fabulous volunteers, the Alsups, offered to fly up in their private plane and transport her back here to Acton, bellyrubbing her all the way. This would be less stress and a shorter ride. Our vets all said they thought it would be okay, so we went ahead and did this. Roxie arrived late Friday afternoon.
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Several very wonderful people stepped forward out of our call for whelping assistance – and we’d like to thank the following special friends of Roxie – The Alsups, Marie Radebaugh, Sukey Shor, The Keyse Family, Jeannie Queenen, Marian Zackarias, Dr. Evelyn Vega, and Cat Rudert.
Roxie’s milk came in on Sunday, she dropped on Monday and was ran to the vet asap. We were told to expect the pups at any time.
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Thankfully, Liz St. Clair had given Carol and I a Walmart gift card last Christmas as a gift, and we were able to use it to quickly run out and buy the emergency whelping supplies we needed. The Queenen’s graciously gave us a plastic swimming pool as a whelping box.
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Carol bleached down her office for a whelping/weaning area.
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All day on Tuesday was nail biting time. Roxie’s temp dropped to 99.0 and rose to 99.5. Roxie and BaRNI are pleased to announce the successful whelping and birth announcement of thus far 7 bouncing puppies. 4 females and 3 males. Whelping began at 2:55 a.m. and was completed at 4:20 a.m.
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May I present the BaRNI at Daphneyland firecrackers – whom arrived as follows:
R & W female 2:55 a.m. (needed assistance)
Tri F 3:00 a.m. (needed assistance, white dot on head)
Tri M 3:18 a.m. (Has C on back)
R & W M 3:30 a.m.
Brown & White M 3:46 a.m. – needed resuscitation
Tri F 4:02 a.m. white dot on right hip
R & W F – stuck in birthing canal, is doing fine after manual delivery
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