Sadie is a 4 year old female Weimaraner and has been an excellent pet. Although a true hunting dog by breed, she is a wonderful house pet and great with our family, including our 10 month old granddaughter. I have hunted in the past, and may take it up again, just to get out into the field with Sadie...she sure seems to have all it takes to be a good hunter.
The sire is Gunner, a one year old. Gunner comes from a strong line of hunting Weimaraners, and has already shown to be an excellent field dog.
Sadie broke her water around 6:45 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 13th. Around 8:10 pm, she delivered her first pup - Blackie!!
Here is a little video of the second puppy at birth. This one is a video of a breech puppy, where the puppy comes out backwards. The puppy was fine, and has been doing great ever since. If you listen to the audio, you can hear us talking to our son Scott, who was calling to tell us about the birth of his first son, and our first grandson, which happened at the same time Sadie was giving birth! It was a busy, but terrific night!! (Note: The red tint is from the infared heat lamps we used to keep the pups warm.)
Sadie had more work to do, delivering 10 pups with 9 surviving and 1 stillborn. 2 of the pups were breeched and came out backwards, but were doing fine from the moment they came out. Here are some pictures shortly after the pups were born...
The 8th pup had a difficult time with the delivery. Her sac had burst somewhere before exiting the birth canal, so she had a difficult time moving thru the canal. Although she was in the correct position to come out, her feet were extending out with her head, and Sadie was having a hard time pushing her out whithout the aid of the sac. We immediately tried to help, as we could hear the pup whining before we could see its head, and Sadie acted in distress. After much struggle, Sadie got enough of her out so that I could assist with moving her out. After about 5 minutes of just the front of the head being exposed, Sadie finally gave us enough of the pup to allow us to pull with her contractions. We were concerned she would be hurt, or worse, that Sadie would be hurt, but "Miracle" and Sadie did great!
Sadie followed up with 2 more healthy normal pups, finishing up at 7:52 Thursday morning, Feb. 14th. We now have a box full of squirming, whining furballs!! And Sadie has picked up mothering like a natural.
ALL TUCKERED OUT!!!
A TIRED BUT DUTIFUL MOTHER!!
I will post more information later about the sale of the registered Weimaraner puppies.
By the way, an even more important event occurred on Feb. 13th. Our first grandson, and 2nd grandchild was born!! Way to go Scott and Angie!!!
I have had some requests to show some pictures of Sadie before the puppies....here are some pics when she was a little slimmer!!
Sadie with her sister Thena...being ornery as Weimaraners can be!!
On point...at a robin!!
Same robin!
He just won't go away!!
Maybe if I sneak up....!!
Still after that robin....but this time in the shade!!
The little guy that created all the fun!!
3 comments:
Them are sure cute pups you got there. Can't wait to see them.
Love,
We 3
Are you getting tired of the "barking and pooping" yet ??
Love you from we 3
G/pa
Great birthing video !!
I never was around a delivery of pups, and it was an "eye opener" for sure. (city boy, you know..)
Hope they all continue to do well
Love to all from we 3
G/pa
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