On our way to the Emergency Room...
On Monday, Penelope started pacing, panting, scooting, and listing like she was going to fall over. Her body temp got really high. We rushed her to our vet, they took a few x rays and some blood work. Her calcium lever was life-threateningly low, (eclampsia) & hypoglycemia. They gave her some calcium via an IV with some fluids and that stabilized her enough to get her to the emergency hospital. They ran some more test and gave her more calcium throughout the night. 5 Puppies was too much for her to produce milk for so her body was depleting her own calcium for her pups. She can no longer feed her puppies, they have been moved to a family members house where they are being bottle fed every 3-4 hours. She is MUCH better and the pups are eating well. For those of you thinking about breeding for money, think again. So far this litter is close to the $2,000 mark and we haven't even started puppy visits, shots, check-ups, de-worming, AKC registration... We do it for the love of our Babies and so others can enjoy them as well.
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