The babies are here! On May 13th we welcomed the Tanner/Cordie babies -- 2 boys and 3 girls. Under the expert care and guidance of Dr. Beckie Williams DVM, we did a c-section to deliver the babies. Cordie's temperature dropped to 98F for 24 hours into Sunday, yet she was not showing any real signs of labor. Her progesterone had dropped indicating the puppies needed to arrive sooner, rather than later; and a c-section ended up being the right decision at the right time.
Myself and whelper-helper/sanity saver extraordinaire, Denyse, spent a marathon day at the Chino Hills Animal Hospital while they triaged a variety of ER cases before performing Cordie's surgery (finally) around 12pm. She came out of anesthesia and we wasted no time trying to get the babies to nurse. SUCCESS! Cordie took to them right away and immediately started loving and cleaning them. Couple hours later we arrived home to welcome them to the puppy room where she's perfecting her mothering instinct. She is a fabulous mom!!! (see Facebook post for more info: https://bit.ly/2VEMpDO) which she absolutely loves, and is producing milk for the babies. She is also eating organic roasted chicken, eggs and cottage cheese for calcium.
Myself and whelper-helper/sanity saver extraordinaire, Denyse, spent a marathon day at the Chino Hills Animal Hospital while they triaged a variety of ER cases before performing Cordie's surgery (finally) around 12pm. She came out of anesthesia and we wasted no time trying to get the babies to nurse. SUCCESS! Cordie took to them right away and immediately started loving and cleaning them. Couple hours later we arrived home to welcome them to the puppy room where she's perfecting her mothering instinct. She is a fabulous mom!!! (see Facebook post for more info: https://bit.ly/2VEMpDO) which she absolutely loves, and is producing milk for the babies. She is also eating organic roasted chicken, eggs and cottage cheese for calcium.
Can't wait to watch these babies grow! Introducing the babies who all have "A" names, i.e. Hearts Afire
Boy - "Alfred" Black/White Collar (coming soon)
Boy - "Axel" Blue Collar (coming soon)
Girl - "Ainsley" Yellow Collar (coming soon)
Girl - "Addie" Pink Collar (coming soon)
Girl - "Aya" Aqua Collar (coming soon)
