Sorry for the lack of updates this weekend, we have had our hands full because Hannah is sick. She did not eat well on Friday (which we attributed to the stress & disruption of the vet visit), Saturday, or most of the day today. She seemed extra tired and returned to being reluctant to get out of the pool, and her stools got progressively looser until she was having lots of diarrhea last night and today. By tonight she also had a nasal discharge, and when we weighed the puppies we discovered that they had all lost weight in the last 24 hours. Hannah will go back to the vet in the morning, though gratefully her appetite returned very strong tonight and we are hopeful that she is turning a corner. The pups were not complaining, but we started supplementing them anyway due to their poor growth over the weekend. We tried three different replacement milks before we found the one they would take, and a few different feeding methods. Only White Tips (Miss Navy/#8) was willing to take it from a bottle, but eventually 6 of them were coaxed to drink it from little bowls and saucers.
On the bright side, the puppies all seem fine-- no evidence of any illness. This weekend a few of them started making hobbly starts at getting up on their feet and walking-- we will try to get some video of that. And White Tips has one eye a tiny bit open! This should be a very exciting week!
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Is Jason trying to simulate breastfeding in that picture? LOL. Tell him he is short about seven teats. Teehee. I am so sad to hear Hannah is sick. Keep us posted and let me know if I can help.
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