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Breeding
Birth
Preparation
Membranes
Birth Problems
Inflammation
Welfare
Reproductive
Unexpected
Whelping
Whelping 2
Whelping 3
Whelping 4
Whelping 5
Chart
Heat
False Pregnancy
Mating
Problems
Home Breeder
Diary
The pups
Home Breeder 2
One Week To Go
Birthday
Birthday 2
Birthday 3
Birthday 4
Day One
Day Four
Week Two
Week Three
Week Five
Week Six
Week Eight
Westie Family
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Another Westie Guardian, Has new family
We have two dogs both Westie's...Loulou who is nearly two
and Bruce who is eighteen months. Other members of my family are: partner Rich
who is just so amazing in every possible way, and our 4 children Daniel,
Jessica, Sam and Megan they are all stars. :) This is our first experience of a
dog being pregnant. It's been an amazing experience, very overwhelming and at
times very worrying. I hope my diary will help any first timers out there and
give a little insight of what to expect. Please note my diary is based on my own
experience.
With only two weeks to go Rich made a whelping box from two old bed-side units.
It had a little opening so Loulou could come and go as she pleased. When the box
was finished I placed all the blankets inside to make it comfortable for Loulou.
She was in the box like a shock along with Bruce. For the first few days both
dogs slept very happily in the box then Loulou tripled in size and the box was
no longer suitable for her...(to small) Panic! Panic! We asked around if anyone
had any old kitchen base units they did not want. I knew my parents were in the
process of decorating there kitchen and they had a load of new base and wall
units delivered. I asked my parents if they would keep back an old base unit for
Loulou. Problem solved (so I thought) A few days passed and still no whelping
box for Loulou (MORE PANIC) I searched the web for a whelping box (found the
perfect one) the only problem was getting it here on time with it being the
Christmas period (MORE PANIC) We decided Loulou would have to use the wooden one
Rich made for her until the new one arrived.
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