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| Well, 2003 is definately be a year that will be hard to forget in my kennel career. First Freyja´s difficult litter in March and now Frigg´s. The 9th of November Frigg´s water broke at 7:45 am. Difficulties set in and this I didn´t expect from Frigg who has like her mother Hófí been the textbook example of easy birthing before. After what seemed a lifetime of her pushing and panting the problem finally presented itself. Two puppies decided they both wanted to be the first born. Meaning that the first one was already dry and stuck in the pathway of the second one that had made it all the way to the opening so they were both half way out. I pulled out the dead female, a beautiful black tricolor that unfortunately could not be saved. Frigg was so exhausted and I noticed dark liquid running into the still halfway out unpunctured sac of puppy nr.2. We called the vet who we had been in steady contact with during the day and she told us to come right away. The sac broke on the way to the car and to my dismay it was filled with green fluid. The puppy was in trouble and we needed to get him out. At the vet´s office we managed to get him out manually and he was brought back to life by a drop on his tongue. We cleared his airways as best we could and thought he would be okay. We now faced a hard decision, the vet exrayed Frigg and two puppies were left. She had used so much oxitosin on Frigg to get this 2nd puppy out (because she was too exhausted by now to have contractions on her own) and said that in all likelyhood the puppies would die if we didn´t get them out soon because of the drugs. Our choices were to do a cesarian and risk Frigg not doing well under the anesthesia (because she was too tired) or we could go home and wait. Hoping that if Frigg rested a bit then she would go back into labour and they would come out on their own, although most likely dead. Well, Frigg was going to rest and her life to us was more important at this time since we just recently lost her mother. Frigg came back home exhausted from the hard work of these "twins", the vet said wait till 6 o´clock and if nothing had happened bring her back and we would definately have to go in and get them. Frigg made us all extremely happy when she 5 minutes to 6 gave birth to her next little boy and then finally a girl at 22:30 both alive and well and growing bigger every day. Long story short; Dropi left us to be with his grandmother Hófí. After repeated trips to the vet´s for fluids his first couple days, antibiotics for his navel infection, a walk through death´s door and back a couple days ago (had actually took what I thought were his last breaths, his skin turned white and cold only to greet me again a couple hours later with his little cries!), and the final difficult couple days with what sounded to be pnemonia. He said his goodbyes in the early hours of November 22nd. His short life was one that I will certainly remember for the hard work and his total determination and strength that I have never experienced to such a degree in a puppy before but also for the way his only brother guarded him and protected. Such a heartwarming thing to watch how he always made sure Dropi was warm, he would literally crawl all the way across the whelping box to lay down beside Dropi anytime I put him back after his feedings (which I was doing by hand for him because he was too weak to suckle). I kept Dropi warm in a blanket after he started losing weight and every time I looked little Dofri was climbing in to cuddle with him (he never does this with his sister!). It was incredible and unbelievable unless you witnessed it but from the moment they were born he has been a guardian angel for Dropi which has in my mind earned him a special name. I called him Dofri because it means someone who potters about (he made us wait so long for him) but now I am not sure what I will end up calling him. I am leaning towards a name that will do him justice for his kindness. Such a loving soul, and they say dogs can´t show emotion?! We appologize to those that were waiting for a puppy, life is so unpredictable sometimes. Dofri will be going to Hófí and Gæfudís´ owner in Norway and Dalla will be moving to Canada to Greenstone Kennels. These are two extra special people that we know will love them like we do. |
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| Nord Uch N Uch S Uch DK CH NV-99 Töfra Frigg and IS CH Hektor |
| See new photos of the litter 1 week! Skoðaðu myndir viku gamlir hér! 2-3 weeks old |
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| From top to bottom: Dofri, Dropi and Dalla As you can see these are newborn photos and Dalla is still wet. |