Thursday, November 6, 2008

Lucky & her pups!


Well Lucky had her puppies last Saturday. One boy and one girl. We named the girl Cheyenne and the boy Chattanooga. It was quite the experience. She started going into labor at 10:00p.m. Saturday night (Nov. 1st) so we put her in her little box that I made for her. She was panting and freakin' out, so I called Kandy (dad's ex-wife) and said "Come help please, Lucky's going into labor and we have no idea what we're doing!!" She and Amy came over and we watched Lucky for about an hour, and then she started contracting and we could tell she was pushing. We were surprised at how much we had to help her. The boy came out okay, but we had to help get the sac off of his face and cut the umbilical cord. So Chattanooga was born at 11:30p.m. and Cheyenne was born an hour later at 12:30a.m. Cheyenne was harder because she was breech. Lucky got tired of pushing so the puppy got stuck. Kandy had to hold Lucky up while B.J. literally pulled the puppy out... while I sat in the background and went, "Good job guys, you're doing great!" We've discovered that I'm great with the before and after and comforting part, but when it comes down to the nitty gritty blood and guts of that kinda thing, I have anxiety attacks. They cleaned off her face and cut the umbilical cord and she's doing fine now. Both puppies are eating well and growing fast! Thanks to Kandy for all her help! She and Amy didn't end up leaving until about 1:30a.m. that morning.