Puppies Everywhere -- Oh Dear!!! The last One

[babsbag]

These aren't the best but it is hard to get good pictures with flash at night. Hopefully I can get some individual ones when my son is around to hold them for me as I take the picture.

There are only 7 in the picture, as I was done, and she wasn't...surprise surprise. The last two born are white as well. Dad's color rules this liter.

 

[Southern by choice]

Plenty of straw and she will be fine. If she finds a better spot she will just move the pups to where she feels more suitable. Don't worry.

 

[CocoNUT]

 

[babsbag]

Thanks. Last year is was October and much much warmer and years ago the Dalmatians were always in the house. The pups feel warm, but they whimper so much when they are looking for a teat that it is hard to tell if they are just being pups or if they are in distress. I have never had to consider the weather before this time.

 

[Shelly May]

ADORABLE SIMPLE ADORABLE!!!!!!

 

[babsbag]

I have been fighting fleas and losing. Usually by this time of year my outdoor dogs have no fleas, but not this year. I HATE using any of the topical flea stuff, but I do it, sparingly. However I was paranoid about using it on the dam when she was pregnant. I know they say it won't hurt her or the unborn pups but I was still nervous about doing it. Now she is paying for my paranoia.

The pups are 5 days old and I finally used the flea treatment on the dam. But she has a spot right above her tail that she has chewed quite a bit. The skin isn't broken yet, but the fur is getting pretty thin so I know she is chewing on it.

I need some ideas on how to relieve her itch without exposing the puppies to a poison. She has never had a real problem with fleas until this fall.

 

[BrownSheep]

Vegetable oil will suffocate the fleas

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Not sure how well it works, but I've heard that you can try tea tree oil extract or shampoo.

 

[babsbag]

I make doggie soap with tea tree oil in it and my customers love it. But poor mama has never had a bath so I am not sure she would be too happy. I am more concerned about the "hot spot" she is making by chewing at the base of her tail. I finally gave in and put the flea killer meds on her so hopefully the acutal fleas will be gone. But is there anything I can put on her sore spot to make that better? Maybe I should just get some of that Bitter Apple spray and put it on there so she will just stop chewing on it.

I am going to take a flea comb out there tomorrow and see what I find. I don't know if the spot flea treatment actually kills the flea as it bites the dog or if it just stops the reproduction cycle of the flea and it can keep on biting.

The vegetable oil is a good idea for killing the fleas that I see. I am going to put some in a syringe and see if I just drop it on the flea if it kills it. At least I know it is safe.

Last year we had no problems with fleas. Always something.

The puppies are doing great. Getting fat already.

 

[BrownSheep]

Maybe some bag balm? It would soothe while deterring chewing.