Jazz/Oz Litter - They're here!!!
Posted by Delores Smith on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
2:55 am - first girl was born - but let me back this up a bit. July 19 - Jazz was restless - lot of heavy panting - looked like the first stages of whelping. Her rectal temperature kept normal so I thought, okay, I'm going to be able to sleep all night. The mother-to-be's temperature drops significantly in the hours before she starts contractions. We got her comfortable and i went to bed at 12:30 - Paige had first watch - at 2 am I got out of bed - hadn't slept- something just didn't seem right.
Checked Jazz and could see that she was pushing. Her body was working hard to push that first puppy out - we could see the head but she didn't seem to be dilated enough - we were quite concerned at this point - in a few minutes she was able push out the head and with a little bit of help from me, on the next push freed the body - a beautiful girl weighing .484 grams;
Jazz took her sweet time delivering the next girl at 3:55 am .454 grams; Another hour passed and at 4:50 am #3 girl was born .394; @ 5:18, the 4th girl was born .421 grams; and at 5:55 #5 girl entered the world at .532 grams - big girl! I was giddy at this point with 5 girls - had the makings of a dream litter! Back to her slower pace, the first boy was born at 6:55 am .471 grams; The 6th girl was born at 7:59 am weighing in at .471. Jazz wanted to go outside between every puppy to relieve herself - had to make sure she didn't squat any puppies outside! #7 girl was born at 9:21 am .451 and the 2nd boy and last puppy made his grand entrance at 9:55 am .468.
Checked Jazz and could see that she was pushing. Her body was working hard to push that first puppy out - we could see the head but she didn't seem to be dilated enough - we were quite concerned at this point - in a few minutes she was able push out the head and with a little bit of help from me, on the next push freed the body - a beautiful girl weighing .484 grams;
Jazz took her sweet time delivering the next girl at 3:55 am .454 grams; Another hour passed and at 4:50 am #3 girl was born .394; @ 5:18, the 4th girl was born .421 grams; and at 5:55 #5 girl entered the world at .532 grams - big girl! I was giddy at this point with 5 girls - had the makings of a dream litter! Back to her slower pace, the first boy was born at 6:55 am .471 grams; The 6th girl was born at 7:59 am weighing in at .471. Jazz wanted to go outside between every puppy to relieve herself - had to make sure she didn't squat any puppies outside! #7 girl was born at 9:21 am .451 and the 2nd boy and last puppy made his grand entrance at 9:55 am .468.
