I think the puppies might be on their way....

[Simplylucy]

Ella my Dachshund is 63 days today!

She hasn't eaten today and spent most of the morning sleeping. She has now spent the last hour having a good dig around and nesting followed by lost of licking and sleeping.....

Watch this space!

This is Ella a few days ago.....

[ownedbyroxy]

Look at the lovely tubby tum!
Good luck on the arrivals!

[CoinOperatedGirl]

Wow! That's what I call a belly!

Good luck with the birth & make sure you post lots of pics of the little ones

[Arkko]

Any news yet???

I bet she looks like shes ready to pop!!!

[LiamRatSnake]

What's she expecting a bowling ball? lol Aw good luck.

[Pimperella]

Bless, she is huge!

Hope everything goes smoothly.
xx

[Simplylucy]

After a long night we are finally home with Ella and 4 beautiful puppies.
Ella had a problem with her hormones and failed to contract. We took her to the emergency vet at 4.30am where they managed to kick start the labour and pup 1 (black and tan boy) was delivered. However the contracts then stopped again and they couldn't get them started.

Ella had her next 3 puppies by c-section. First came a large silver dapple boy followed by 2 chocolate dapples, 1 boy and 1 girl. All the pups were doing well and mum was being stitched up. Myself and Ade stayed with Ella thoughout (very brave of Ade). I helped rubbing the pups.

Unfortunatly Ella had a bad bleed as she came around for the op and it couldn't be stopped. They had to take her back into surgery and spay her. Ella is in shock but is coping well.

She isn't showing any interest in her pups yet (hardly surprising) but she is letting them suckle, we all need to keep our fingers crossed that she keeps producing milk, it's common for there to be milk problems after being spayed.

Thanks for all your support and interest.

[xvickyx]

Awww congratulations, they are all gorgeous, never seen them in those colours before, they are stunning

I hope that Ella gets better, bless her she looks very sleepy, not surprising really.

Sending you all good vibes x x x x

[diamondlil]

Oh bless, dapples! Hope Ella recovers soon.

[Marinam2]

OMG they are MASSIVE her poor body.

I have never seen a choc dash wicked!!

Marina