are puppies and mammy ok ??

[babbyboo]

i woke up yesterday morning to find that in the middle of the night my dog had given birth to 6 adorable puppies, she was great with them yesterday but this  morning i woke up to cries from the puppies and mammy was also crying when i went in to check on them i found that mammy was huddled over one side of the bed shaking and looking pretty scared and the puppies were over the other side of the bed crying and all the bedding had been taken out from underneath the puppies and they were lying on the cold hard bed, i coaxed the mammy out of the bed had fixed all the warm bedding and she jumped straight back in to the bed, i put the puppies up beside her nipples and she licked them vigouresly and then they all nestled into each other again and fell asleep, they all seem ok now but am just worrying if this behavior is normal or should i be worried? i never had a dog with puppies before thanks.

[ginger899]

I am so glad to hear that after she was so sick, she is much better now. What a great dog-mum you are!
Good luck to her and her pups

[babbyboo]

doing excellent now thank god, they are adorable and mammy back to her happy jolly self, x

[crystallady16]

how mummy and the babies doing now. I hope they are doing well

[babbyboo]

thanks yes she doing an amazing now thank god, they so cute dont think i want to find homes for them i want to keep them all x

[lindapalm]

Glad to hear everything is okay and mom is taking care of the babies.  You were smart to keep an eye on her and call your vet as soon as you did.  Good Luck.

[babbyboo]

thank you for your response, here is what happened after that, about an hour later after i posted this question i offered my dog food dry food which she always eats but she refused it so i ran to the shop and bought her tinned food which she loves, she ate some and vomited and kept vomiting, i knew by here she was sick could see it in her eyes and the shaking had gotten worse so i rang our vet who is amazing,he came straight out to her. she had lost too much calcium through feeding the 6 puppies ( she is only a small dog) anyway he gave her a calcium shot and an antibiotic shot as a precaution just in case she had a bug, i had to closely watch over her and puppies for the next few hours as she had also started vomiting and dirorrea, and she shaking was still there, she refused any type of food i tried but she was drinking loads of water she went on like this for about 4 hours, i rang the vet again and he said if she was still like that in an hour he would come back out to her, she looked wrecked tired but i could tell she was afraid, so i lay down beside her bed for a while and she relaxed and fell asleep when she woke she was a different dog, her tail was wagging once more thank god, still have to watch her very carefully now cause if she gets sick again the vet said she might not be able to continue feeding her babies that i will have to, but thankfully so far so good,alot more sleepless nights ahead of me, but she only getting me back into practice for my own baby due in october lol, i dont mind at all she is one of my babies. have got up this morning to her cleaning her babies and all tails wagging , thanks for your help guys,

[ginger899]

Being a "grandma" is going to make you tired as heck. Never mind, be brave. It's worth it.

[lindapalm]

I definately agree with ginger899, I would get up several times during the night to see if everyone is okay, and if you work, at the very least come home on your lunch hour.  Good Luck

[ginger899]

I apologize for all my typos. This keyboard has never been right!

[ginger899]

I'm so sorry because I have no experience either with a nursing mother and her pups. The only thing I can say to be of any help is that you appeared to have done just the right thing. To gently straighten out the bed, and encourage the mother back to the pups. That's what I'd have done myself, and it did seem to work....
Is this her first litter? She may have just been overwhelmed by the new experience, but she did go back to her pups, and started feeding them, and the more she does that, hopefully the stronger the maternal bond will get.

But I would keep a very very careful watch on all of them. You may have to do this again...I hope not, but be prepared to. Pups cannot regulate teir body temperature so getting cold is dangerous for them. Also they can get dehydrated very fast, which can kill them at that age. Even during your night's sleep the pups could possibly die if they weren't attended to.
Also, keep a close eye on the mother. Shaking (trembling/shaking) most often means dogs are feeling pain....not cold, and not necessarily fear (but they can tremble from fear or apprehension, as my dog used to do when she went to the vet's) You may have to set an alarm clock every three or four hours during the night to get up to check them.

Make sure all her milk glands are flowing freely, and there is no sign of inflammation or blockage in the milk ducts. She will need veerinary help, or at least advice if there is any problem there -for her sake, and for the pups' sakes.
It also might be wise to at least speak to the vet, and get some advice from them. The mother may need a special diet, as her calcium requirements are different at the moment. Low calcium levels in a nursing b-i-t-c-h can cause Eclampsia, which can be dangerous for her.