Time stood STILL yesterday!

Literally!

My stupid watch stopped :(

Anyway, I had friends there with watches, plus a cellphone that told me where I was because I was soo deurmekaar!

Chakotay began panting on Sunday late morning, but it was very mild panting, and it was VERY hot in PE, so I just watched her. By the afternoon I put her in the bathroom so it was very cool to check, and sure enough the panting continued.

It went on into the night with heavy-ish panting and no contractions so by the time it got to 1:30am I put her in the whelping room and lay down with her for an hour. I set my alarm for every hour so that I could monitor her.

Monday...
By 5am I was exhausted, and so was she. She went to lie in the en-suite and I lay down again for another hour before I could phone the standby team to come and join me. at 6am she was in the bathroom still, and I asked her to come to me. When she stood up there was a little pool of "green". She went to the whelping box and then I saw a contraction (her back foot quivered). I went to look at the "green" and it did look like something was happening (I know when the placenta detaches it is a green-black liquid), so I phoned the vet. He told me to give it 45 minutes and if no puppy, then I was to meet him at the practice at 7am.

The cavalry arrived and the 3 of us watched Chak, nothing, so off to the vet we went. He scanned her and saw 4 heartbeats, but said they were slightly slow, so he wanted to do a caeser. The second vet was called and then Chak was operated on at 8am. Unfortunately they lost the first puppy, a little black and white girl. The other three were alright.(2 reds and a black & white). I opted to spay Chak at the same time, as the vet asked, and I was not planning another litter from her.

We were able to take them home and get them warm and on the disoriented Chak at 9:30.

I am very happy to have them back safe and sound!