Koyuk went into labor at 9:45 last evening and labored hard all night with no success.
Koyuk in her whelping-box "den".
Karmin and I rushed her to the vet as soon as they opened.
Koyuk struggled through three doses of Pitocin given to strengthen her contractions. After 2 hours, I took her outside to pee right before she was to go in for an emergency C-section. Spotting a couple buds from her CGC class excited her enough for her water to break.
At 10:15, 11oz, Navy boy was whelped. At 10:18 he was climbing out the warming box.
He was hungry.
Karmin with Navy boy.
Twins 14 oz, Pink girl and 15 oz, Red boy were whelped at 1046. Whelping manuals say it is not possible to whelp two at one time. Surprise. Karmin and I had our hands full really quickly. They shared a placenta. The vet confirmed that they were fraternal twins. Cool.
Koyuk relaxed a bit so we headed home.
11oz Green boy joined the family on the way. Karmin was in the back seat
with the three pups and Koyuk. All of a sudden Koyuk jumped to shotgun
and her water broke. She then dove under my steering wheel. Karmin
juggled the first three with one hand while holding slippery Green boy
and his slimy placenta in the other while I tried to not drive off the
road. Koyuk back in the whelping-box with her four little ones.
Ahhhhh
I have been up for the most of three nights and four days. The rest of the tale will have to wait until morning. But do know that Koyuk and her 7 pups are doing wonderfully.
