Hello,
I'm fairly new here and have only posted a few times but come here often and have learned a lot. I would like advicebut mostlypersonal stories about people and their Rotties having babies.
We just recently rescued a Purebred Pregnant Female from a shelter, she was due to die the day before we picked her up but they held her when they found out we were coming for her. I have done tons of research and have gotten some wonderful advice from people but nothing beats stories from people that have been through it.
She will be going to the vet tomorrow to have an examination and to make sure that all is well, I would hate to go through all of this just to find out that the shelter was wrong and it's just a false pregnancy. And as soon as possible after she has had them she will be spayed. The mother and pups will all be adopted out to only the best homes after they are weaned and are able to leave their mother. They will all be spay/neutered and up dated on all shots before they go.
We were told that she is about 5 weeks along and the puppies should be purebred, but we will just have to wait and see.
We have sectioned of part of the upstairs for her. She has free run of our bedroom (she likes to lay on our bed and watch TV), most of the hallway, and a large walk in closet that I have turned into a whelping room for her. Right now she has a down bed, toys and food and water in there but when it gets closer to the time when she should be having them we are taking all that out and putting in a whelping box of some sort (we haven't really decided what we want to use soany ideas about this would be great to) and putting a 1 1/2 - 2 ft board up in front of the door so that she can leave the pups when she wants a little quiet time without them but is still confined to that area (for when the pups are a little older). I have talked to several people, looked at tons of web sites, am talking to the vet tomorrow, rearranged my entire house, and I think I have all the supplies that I need in case of an emergancy and to help out if needed.The only thing I need now is little things that books and web sites don't mention.
So any comments, advice, or stories would be great and very welcomed!!!
Here's a few pictures of mom...
I'm fairly new here and have only posted a few times but come here often and have learned a lot. I would like advicebut mostlypersonal stories about people and their Rotties having babies.
We just recently rescued a Purebred Pregnant Female from a shelter, she was due to die the day before we picked her up but they held her when they found out we were coming for her. I have done tons of research and have gotten some wonderful advice from people but nothing beats stories from people that have been through it.
She will be going to the vet tomorrow to have an examination and to make sure that all is well, I would hate to go through all of this just to find out that the shelter was wrong and it's just a false pregnancy. And as soon as possible after she has had them she will be spayed. The mother and pups will all be adopted out to only the best homes after they are weaned and are able to leave their mother. They will all be spay/neutered and up dated on all shots before they go.
We were told that she is about 5 weeks along and the puppies should be purebred, but we will just have to wait and see.
We have sectioned of part of the upstairs for her. She has free run of our bedroom (she likes to lay on our bed and watch TV), most of the hallway, and a large walk in closet that I have turned into a whelping room for her. Right now she has a down bed, toys and food and water in there but when it gets closer to the time when she should be having them we are taking all that out and putting in a whelping box of some sort (we haven't really decided what we want to use soany ideas about this would be great to) and putting a 1 1/2 - 2 ft board up in front of the door so that she can leave the pups when she wants a little quiet time without them but is still confined to that area (for when the pups are a little older). I have talked to several people, looked at tons of web sites, am talking to the vet tomorrow, rearranged my entire house, and I think I have all the supplies that I need in case of an emergancy and to help out if needed.The only thing I need now is little things that books and web sites don't mention.
So any comments, advice, or stories would be great and very welcomed!!!
Here's a few pictures of mom...

