My Girl Just Had Puppies - First Litter - Any Advice Welcome.

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My sweet cavachon had her litter today. This is her first litter. There's six puppies, all no more than four inches long. I've never had a female dog until now, and I was wondering what advice you could give me. My mom lives 300 miles away, so I can only use advice she gives me through the phone. She's told me to go down every 30 minutes or so and make sure all the puppies are feeding or sleeping. The pregnancy was unplanned, and we don't have a lot of money at the moment.

I'm nervous as heck, and I need to know what else to do. Naphtali, my cavachon, is young -just over a year old- and is trying her hardest. I want all the puppies to live, so any advice is welcome. -panicking-:nilly:
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There are many whelping sites online. Google whelping and read. Like anything else, it's a learning process, especially since this is your *****'s first litter. Make sure you're feeding the mom enough and the right food...she needs extra calcium to produce milk. Good Luck!
 
I've been to a few of the sites. Lots of good information. I'm just wondering if anyone had some secret tips or wisdom that I wouldn't find online.
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When I came home I almost yelled at my dad and uncle. They'd turned the AC on high because they were afraid of the puppies overheating. I gave them a look and said, "Puppies need it to be 85 degrees." So I had them turn the AC down and I put a huge comforter over the cage. They're in the basement which is generally a lot warmer than house, and five or so degrees cooler than outside. I've feed her twice since I got home and she keeps gobbling it up. I have a shallow dish in the cage so she can have fresh water, but that the puppies won't drown. The biggest problem at the moment is that she occasionally steps or sits on them. I keep going downstairs every 15 to 30 minutes to make sure everything okay, so I can help should something be wrong.
 
None yet, but I'll have them up as soon as take them.
 
Your doing fine and it sounds like your female is doing pretty good for a young mommy. Keep doing what you're doing, checking consistantly and making sure the pups stay together, warm and are all getting to nurse. She may be a new mommy and fumbling a bit but natural instinct is pretty amazing and she knows what to do.
The water dish in the cage makes me nervous. if she can get out of the cage on her own, I'd move the water dish out away from the pups.
6 pups is a lot for a young dog so a trick I have used is to take a Tum and crush it up and put it in her food once a day. The extra calcuim will help a lot.
Congratulations and look forward to some pictures!
 
Thanks. I'll post pictures tomorrow.
The water dish isn't with the puppies reach. It made me nervous at first too, so I moved it.
I was thinking that I'd get her a giant bag of puppy food and let her eat some of that, and what's leftover will be used once the puppies get older. I just might try the Tums idea.
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