Toffee's puppies 3,5 weeks old

[Kasia Czapla]

Some of you know already the story of our struggle for Toffee's life. After the whelping everything seemed to be OK, Toffee had milk, started feeding the puppies and seemed to be bit tired but fine. Usually the bitch is "cleanig herself" few day after the whelp. But with Toffee the bleeding started. It was comming from the inside of her uterus. Four days after the whelping we had to ask the vet to come and make ultrasound - we thought there might be still something inside. But he said everything seems to be good, except from the bleeding. Toffee was getting weaker and weaker, her milk was not good enough quality, so to save the puppies we started bottle feeding them. On the day of Crufts we had made the decission to open Toffee, as her temperature was only 36,6 and she could hardly get up from the bed. I was at Crufts, so Bodzio called our friends to take care of the pups and he took Toffee to his vet. After opening her it turned out that the uterus was clean, but there were small wounds after puppy bags that wouldn't stop bleeding. So the decission was - SAVE TOFFEE - SPRAY HER. Her complete uterus was removed and bleeding stopped. She got connected to a drip for rehydration. Few critical hours, but in the evening she seemed to be better already. In the meantime aunt Malinka was cleaning the puppies and taking care of them. Next morning Toffee was already much better, she was eating her first meal (Polish sausage ;). It took her some time to recover (she is still not walking too fast and not daring to jump), but got back part of the milk (we are still helping with bottle) and she takes care of the puppies (with a little help of Malinka sometimes ;)
So it was quite stressful period for us, luckily Toffee survived and puppies are growing OK. It was her first and last litter, but you always have to look at the positive site. But I do not wish any of you to go through the same horror.

More photos of the puppies on my website www.diervilla.pl

[colette tuite]

I looked at the photos of your puppies on your web site and thought that toffee looks very beautiful in the photo with the father of the pups who looks nice too.I think you should get very beautiful pups from this.The pup in the above photo facing looks very nice already.Although this is a great disappointment thank god that toffee is recovering, the story could have been much worse.Hopefully you will keep something very nice to continue the bloodline, so all is not lost.

[Marta Galuszka]

Sorry to hear that Kasia but good to know that Toffee is feeling better.

[Agnieszka Rola]

I'm really sorry Kasia... it is a severe loss... keeping my fingers crossed for her recover and her sweet puppies.

[ursula wilby]

Great looking puppies, Kasia! And good that Toffee is feeling so much better now.

[Myra Thomas-Rhodes]

Things will only improve with Toffee, and so glad you have her and her babies. Good Luck with them, they look lovely.

[sammi pease]

So glad to see that Toffee is well again, best wishes to you all.

[Esther Siegrist]

I'm so sorry for you Kasia, and so glad to read that Toffee is get still better now! And also the puppies! Whis you all good luck and a good, healty time! a big hug to Toffee and her puppies and also to you, Kasia
so cute photos on your webside!

[Dee Rance]

So sorry to hear your story, you have got lovely babies, and Toffee is looking very good now. As Colette said, the puppies look very promising. You have all done such a good job raising them. Good luck for the future with them and Toffee...

[Frances McKimm]

Gosh poor Toffee and poor you; glad all is now well; the pups look lovely;
My Dream, mum of the 19, has just been ill too and we'd had to stop the milk, she had mammelitis infections and we decided to stop everything before it went too far;
Anyway the pups are used to the 'bottle mum' now they're 3 weeks so can manage without her;

[Nadine Bonjean]

But now, we can say "good luck for the future".