As a breeder, we sometimes find ourselves facing things unforeseen.
Tuesday night around 11:45 p.m. on August 28, 2007
was one of those times for me.
I will warn you before hand, you might want to have a Kleenex handy!
I debated rather to share this or not but have decided to go head and share this.
I have beat myself up over and over about this and many tears have rolled
down my cheeks and I am just now getting to the point of talking about
it with out crying, I'm sure before I am done with this page a few more tears
will flow once again.
On August 16, 2007 Princess had her litter of 10 puppies with Prince.
On August 21, 2007 Fannie May had her litter of 10 puppies with Jasper.
Around 11:45 p.m. on August 28th. Princess woke me up wanting to go outside to go to potty, this is not an unusual event after they have had puppies. So, I got up and opened Fannie May's cage up and got her out and then I opened Princess's cage up and got her out. I was headed to the door when I turned back around just to see Princess grab one of Fannie May's pups. I had to go and grab Princess by the nap of the neck to get her to release the puppy. I took Princess out the door by the nap of the neck. I got her out and turned to see the puppy moving around on the floor screaming in a pool of blood. I picked the puppy up a black female and noticed she had two puncher wounds on her side. I yelled for Sandy to get up and help me. I placed my fingers over the two punchers and applied pressure. I was holding her but blood was still dripping on the floor but I knew it was not coming from the two punchers I had my fingers on. So I turned her over and she had two more punchers on the other side. I pretty much had got the bleeding stop over some time, so we got Fannie May in and I gave her puppy to her.
Here just exactly one week before she had given birth for the fist time, not knowing what to do with these little things at fist had really became a great little mom over the past 7 days.
She started working with her little girl right away licking her wounds, looking up to me as to say, "what happened!" I too was asking myself why didn't I get the door on her cage shut tight and why on earth did Princess do that! I told Fannie May, "I'm so sorry, your a good mommy." She tried and tried to get her little girl up to nurse from her but she just laid there gasping for each and every breath.
About a half hour had pass, when Fannie May realized what her little girls future would be. She got up and moved to the other side and gathered the rest of her family around her. As I watched her helpless little pup, I notice a blood bubble come out of her nose. I figured then that her lungs had been punctured. I looked at Fannie May once again and said, "I'm so sorry," I pick up her little dying baby and told her, "It's ok you tried, Daddy will take over now. "
I wrapped her in a little towel and when out and sat on the sofa with her.
As I stroked her little nose I told her, "I sorry this had to happen to you and it's ok you can go now." I said to her, "this is you one week birthday and you didn't even get to open your eyes up and see this world or to see how pretty your mommy was. She really loved you so very much!
As I sat there stroking her little nose and crying I said to her,
you didn't even get a name yet.
Knowing now this little one was going to be one that would be staying with us,
I started thinking of a name for her. When the name came to me, I said to her,
Your name will be "Addies Fannie May's Little Bit of Sweetness." Right after
I told her name, she took her last breath and died in my arms.
Sandy and I took her out and buried her at 1:30 a.m. out where our
other beloved pet are buried.
In doing some research as to why this would have happen,
I found that it is quit common for mother's to kill pups form other
litters. It all goes back to when they were wild.
The mothers, will kill other pups for fear there will
not be enough food to go around for their own pups
when they get older.
This was a very hard lesson for us to learn,
But it is one that won't be forgotten!
May I Go?
May I go Now?
Do you think the time is right?
May I say good-bye to the pain?
May I go now?
I've lived only seven short days
I didn't want to go at first
I fought with all my might
May I go now?
May I go now?
I felt my momma's love
I feel your love in your arms
May I go now?
May I go now?
There's no more to be done
You've given me my name
I'm going now...
When tomorrow starts without me
And I'm no longer there
If the sun should rise and fine your eyes
All filled with tears
I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today
It's not you fault
I'll
