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Scarlett x Vito 2008 Litter

Scarlett began nesting in the early morning Christmas Day and had a temperature drop to 98.4 F. We all kept a
close eye on her throughout the day and she had her first contraction at 9:15pm. She was definitely restless and
didn’t want to stay in her whelping box. Well, around 12:30 am, she had a lot of green discharge which could
potentially mean a puppy has separated from its placenta and is suffocating. The vet said to wait half an hour to see
if she would have her first pup but no luck. We took her in at 1:20am and the vet checked her and there was a puppy
stuck in the birth canal without a placenta. She said she could barely touch it and said she would try to get it out
with a clamp like tool, but it could potentially damage the pup. After she went in, the pup was pretty far back up the
canal and she suggested we do a C Section. So, she went into surgery and my fiancé, my niece and I were the puppy
catchers who took them and rubbed them dry and made sure they were all thriving. So, all 8 lived (yes, they
counted wrong on the X Rays!). They even saved the one that was out of the placenta. All the pups turned out just
precious, but it was taking them a long time to finish up with Scarlett. Originally I told them I was not going to spay
her, but then I had no choice. And after everything was done, the vet told me the reason why it took extra long.
Basically, Scarlett had ruptured her uterus because she was pushing so hard and was bleeding like mad internally,
and had the C Section not been performed for just a half hour later, she would have died. Thank goodness all pups
and Mom are totally healthy now!