Miss Pickles getting very affectionate and cuddling with her. Early the next morning, Miss Pickles’ water broke, and Kaylee
started giving her Breeder’s
Edge® Oral Cal Plus™, knowing that the calcium would support her contractions. The first puppy was born at 5:40 am. At this point, Kaylee felt confident. She and her mom Lisa had planned well, and Miss Pickles was healthy, with everything going smoothly. As the first puppies were born, she’d clean them up, keep them
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warm in a basket, then wait for the next one.
She felt things were going well until one puppy was stillborn, a heartbreaking event. While Kaylee felt sad about losing one of the pups, she soon found another live pup coming right behind it. And even more pups. Pretty soon, Kaylee was filling up her basket with clean, squirmy puppies. When Miss Pickles was done at about noon, she had given birth to 11 healthy puppies. Kaylee gave Miss Pickles Breeder’s Edge® Oxy Momma™ postnatal supplement to help with milk production. Right after birth, Kaylee also gave the pups Breeder’s Edge® Nurture Mate™ for additional colostrum and energy, and Breeder’s Edge® Nurture Flora™ probiotic for newborns to help their good gut health and minimize loose stools.
“When I got her I thought I’d breed her one to three times, and keep a pup,” Kaylee recalls. Miss Pickles, a golden retriever, became part of Kaylee’s family in 2021. “My family raised dogs when I was growing up,” she recalls. Kaylee learned from them about all the work it took to be successful dog breeders, and the satisfaction that came from raising healthy pups and finding homes for them. Now she was ready to breed and raise her own litter with Miss Pickles. In 2023, Kaylee bred her two-year-old golden retriever for the first time. As the pregnancy progressed, Kaylee took her dog to her veterinarian for a routine check and puppy count X-ray.
Preparing for Whelping Success Kaylee relied on her mom, Lisa, for help in preparing for the approaching litter. With Lisa’s experience as a dog breeder, as well as being a trained Revival Pet Care Pro, she knew that unexpected things can occur during whelping. So, Lisa helped Kaylee prepare for the upcoming puppies by assembling a whelping kit with all the supplies she might need, from whelping pads to calcium for mom, and supplements for the pups.
Giving Birth to Puppies
Near the due date Kaylee started monitoring Miss Pickles’ temperature. When it finally dropped, she noticed
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