It’s kind of a long story if you care to take the time to read it (fair warning, there are details of whelping some people may not enjoy reading about) But if not, in four short words; Indy had her babies.

Wednesday night her temperature made the big drop (which is normal 12-24 hours before whelping). She had a fairly quiet night, so I figured she’d be popping out puppies by morning. But the morning was also fairly quiet with a bit of restlessness, but mostly resting with potty breaks in between.

I checked my records and with her previous litter she had followed the same schedule; temp drop one night and puppies arrived the next afternoon. So I figured she’d do the same thing again.

But after one potty break she had a greenish discharge. This is not a great thing to see before puppies arrive as it can indicate a detached placenta. I decided to check to see if there was a puppy in the birth canal but there wasn’t.

I waited and watched. Let her out several more times to potty and move around hoping that would help. And checked her again. This time I felt a tail. This meant that the first puppy was probably breech and usually Murphy’s law says that those puppies are also the biggest ones….*sigh

I waited and watched for signs of contractions to start but there was nothing visible. She did a bit of nesting in her crate, panting and whining but no pushing, or hard contractions.

I decided to check in with the vet. She wanted her to come in and was thinking the same thing I was; stuck pup and probably a C-section.

I checked her one more time and I could feel more of the puppy but things just weren’t progressing as fast as I thought they should. And of course, I overthink everything…

So we loaded up and headed to the vet. I checked in with reception and then waited in the truck with Indy. She was quiet as a mouse.

When the tech came out to get her for an x-ray, I pulled her out of the crate. The tech exclaimed, “there’s a placenta coming out of her!” I guess she just wanted to go for a drive to get the labor going.

The staff took her inside to do the x-ray because we always want to know what’s going on inside (how many, positions of pups, etc). I sat in the truck waiting for word and then went inside and paced the floor. For some reason they have a new policy where nobody can go back in the treatment area during office hours. (which is frustrating to me since I’ve been doing it for years).

Finally someone came out to let me know that she’d had the first pup and then two more and they had gotten the X-ray. There were six or seven puppies! The doctor came out and asked if I wanted to come in the back (as she had received permission from someone that I could now go back there).the firstborn getting the cord tied off

At this point I just wanted to scoop her up and take her home to finish the job. Since we didn’t need intervention and things were moving. But the vet suggested we stay just in case she did need help.

So Indy had all seven puppies at the vet on her own. (I’m not sure if they helped the first one out or not since I wasn’t with her and forgot to ask).

Finally, it was time to scoop the family up, get them situated in the truck and make the journey home.

I’m trying to look on the bright side of things since I ended up spending several hundred dollars to have my dog have puppies at the vet. There was an after hours office visit charge, the two x-rays and technician assistance (which it totally fair). I’m more frustrated with myself. Next time I’ll try not to worry, overthink things and jump the gun, so to speak. Thankfully it was in the daytime, we did not need a C-section and my favorite vet was working that day! And the sunset on the drive home was gorgeous!

Unfortunately, despite my best efforts and checking about every half hour that first night we did end up losing the two smallest pups by morning.

But the other five are fat and sassy and doing well, as is Indy.

So we have four girls and one boy. The boy is a merle, two girls are merle, one black and white and one blenheim (her spots will get darker as she ages). We’re planning on matching them around October 27th and they will be going home November 17th.

If you’re on the Cavapoo waiting  list and interested in this litter please email me asap. If you’re not on our waiting list, you can still apply. Or you can follow our blog to keep up on news and announcements on the litter and wait to see if we have “leftover” puppies that are not matched with people from our waiting list.

I will update with pictures each week in their album under the Cavapoo heading. I’ll also post videos once they start moving around on our YouTube channel; Pinewood Kennels Cavapoos.