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Callie Pups!New homes & Teaching Moments
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She is doing ok today. LONGGGGG night!
Right now I feel like all I do is stick a thermometer up her butt... poke, prod.
She crashed really hard and went into tremmers, then stiff leg... these are both very bad. Even in the midst Callie will always eat chicken... not this time. Very unresponsive and temp went up to 104.4 or 104.7 right now I am a little bit off ... just need to take a nap.... on phone with vet on and off and got temp down to 103 at 2:30 am. She did eat. Also gave 1 tsp of mustard to assist in the magnesium. I had never heard of that but must have helped as well as the Penn G.... We mixed the mustard with warm water and drenched her, she could not drink. Once she was somewhat stable ... no tremmers, stiffness and got up to drink and eat a little we all went to sleep for a few hours. Yes how smart are we... all the adults in the house are all awake and right by her... um finally had to tell everyone to go to bed because if we have to drive all the way to emergency someone needs to be awake enough to drive!
By 7 am she was normal temp... only to drop to 99.
Then went back to normal... 101.1
Drew blood and that has been sent in.
Can I say
when an Anatolian does NOT want to sit up it is near impossible to get a good draw. They are like slinky's.
Leg draw is easier on her, as her neck is thick and so much dense fur AND the dog has the thickest skin ever. Seriously ... guess she really is one tough cookie.
So this is where we are now....
She is dropped to 98 but is stable. She is eating, drinking, taking calcium as well as D3, and will give the magnesium as needed.
meandering around and snubbing all food that isn't gourmet.
We are all rather perplexed. Callie's diet is excellent and all the dogs are in excellent health so why did she have this is labor? There really is no reason for it. If/when something like this happens it is usually 10 days to 3 weeks and is because the pups are taxing the mom and she cannot keep up with the Calcium... This is just a real weird thing.
8 of the 10 pups are in a stall and weaned. 2 pups (the smallest) we have kept in and let nurse enough to relieve some pressure as the last thing we need is mastitis!
Glad I still get 2 pups inside. LOL I love my babies!
So I will continue temp taking every 2 hours and monitor her closely. She is sleeping on the couch right now and I have pulled a twin mattress out so I can be with her all through the night. Seeing as how she likes to take my couch (bed)![:\](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/side.png "side :\")
On a more positive note- when Callie is feeling "up" she does feel the need to now keep an "eye on things" LOL she looks out the window and if she sees anything "suspicious" she lets out her half howl half bark! Of course that sets off the German Shepherd and the "Lucy" dog.
That is a lot of noise. Callie being the LOUDEST!
and.... the PUPPIES! So this morning we go out and the pups can'y see us but hear us.... we can peak over the gate (it is a solid no see through wooden gate) they all sit up alert looking and they start growling and Big Boy (he is the big Pinto) starts barking! In his MOST SERIOUS bark! I t was adorable. Once my daughter walked through they all started wagging tails and were happy.... gotta love a tiny Lgd in the making puppy. Of course being all boys they wrestle a lot and are trying to figure out who is dominant... after 45 seconds - 1 minute of full on wrestling they plop drop and sleep! But of course the other pups that still have energy take advantage of this and will pull tails and jump on them. It is a sight to see!
THANK YOU ALL!
If Callie only knew how many people love her and are pulling for her... truly if you got to meet Callie you would adore her. Thanks again everyone... I will keep you all updated on how her bloodwork is. I really do feel like you all are sharing the burden with us and it means so much.
Going to sleep for a few hours!
Right now I feel like all I do is stick a thermometer up her butt... poke, prod.
She crashed really hard and went into tremmers, then stiff leg... these are both very bad. Even in the midst Callie will always eat chicken... not this time. Very unresponsive and temp went up to 104.4 or 104.7 right now I am a little bit off ... just need to take a nap.... on phone with vet on and off and got temp down to 103 at 2:30 am. She did eat. Also gave 1 tsp of mustard to assist in the magnesium. I had never heard of that but must have helped as well as the Penn G.... We mixed the mustard with warm water and drenched her, she could not drink. Once she was somewhat stable ... no tremmers, stiffness and got up to drink and eat a little we all went to sleep for a few hours. Yes how smart are we... all the adults in the house are all awake and right by her... um finally had to tell everyone to go to bed because if we have to drive all the way to emergency someone needs to be awake enough to drive!
By 7 am she was normal temp... only to drop to 99.
Then went back to normal... 101.1
Drew blood and that has been sent in.
Can I say
when an Anatolian does NOT want to sit up it is near impossible to get a good draw. They are like slinky's.Leg draw is easier on her, as her neck is thick and so much dense fur AND the dog has the thickest skin ever. Seriously ... guess she really is one tough cookie.
So this is where we are now....
She is dropped to 98 but is stable. She is eating, drinking, taking calcium as well as D3, and will give the magnesium as needed.
meandering around and snubbing all food that isn't gourmet.
We are all rather perplexed. Callie's diet is excellent and all the dogs are in excellent health so why did she have this is labor? There really is no reason for it. If/when something like this happens it is usually 10 days to 3 weeks and is because the pups are taxing the mom and she cannot keep up with the Calcium... This is just a real weird thing.
8 of the 10 pups are in a stall and weaned. 2 pups (the smallest) we have kept in and let nurse enough to relieve some pressure as the last thing we need is mastitis!
Glad I still get 2 pups inside. LOL I love my babies!
So I will continue temp taking every 2 hours and monitor her closely. She is sleeping on the couch right now and I have pulled a twin mattress out so I can be with her all through the night. Seeing as how she likes to take my couch (bed)
On a more positive note- when Callie is feeling "up" she does feel the need to now keep an "eye on things" LOL she looks out the window and if she sees anything "suspicious" she lets out her half howl half bark! Of course that sets off the German Shepherd and the "Lucy" dog.
That is a lot of noise. Callie being the LOUDEST! and.... the PUPPIES!
So this morning we go out and the pups can'y see us but hear us.... we can peak over the gate (it is a solid no see through wooden gate) they all sit up alert looking and they start growling and Big Boy (he is the big Pinto) starts barking! In his MOST SERIOUS bark! I t was adorable. Once my daughter walked through they all started wagging tails and were happy.... gotta love a tiny Lgd in the making puppy. Of course being all boys they wrestle a lot and are trying to figure out who is dominant... after 45 seconds - 1 minute of full on wrestling they plop drop and sleep! But of course the other pups that still have energy take advantage of this and will pull tails and jump on them. It is a sight to see! THANK YOU ALL!
If Callie only knew how many people love her and are pulling for her... truly if you got to meet Callie you would adore her. Thanks again everyone... I will keep you all updated on how her bloodwork is. I really do feel like you all are sharing the burden with us and it means so much.
Going to sleep for a few hours!
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Thanks for the update. Prayers for healing and rest for you all.
Thanks for the update Southern. Glad that things aren't quite as critical as they were last night. I hope Callie can pull it together and get herself stabilized.
She's not gonna want to go back to work! She's going to think she's retired and gone to doggie heaven! Her own bed in a warm house with lady servant(s) to do her bidding and all that OK, I probably deserve a good 
for that. Anyway... hope you got some much needed rest as well.
She's not gonna want to go back to work!
She's going to think she's retired and gone to doggie heaven! Her own bed in a warm house with lady servant(s) to do her bidding and all that OK, I probably deserve a good for that. Anyway... hope you got some much needed rest as well.
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Southern, I am so glad Callie has pulled through! Bless you and your family for being there for Callie and her pups. What an ordeal for all of you to go through. I hope she continues to improve.
