Bitch pregnant??

RIght next question lol, wheres the best place to buy vet bedding at a reasonable price. How much would i actually need? should i have the vet bedding down for them being born or only when they start to move about etc? I was originally only going to have the papers down for the first couple of weeks?

 

Tullimore, I had a go at editing your post so the pics would show. Hopefully it looks kind of like you wanted it too! I couldn't get the second version of Scott's pedigree to delete so there are two of that.... Sorry if I have stuffed it up!

 

I need a lot of non slip surfaces (I have hard floors and a dog that needs a cruciate repair) - I use non slip gym mats, and mats designed for childrens' play rooms.. You can get various kinds - thin ones, thick ones, padded ones, single huge mats or stuff you fit together like jigsaw pieces (which are great but harder to clean and the edges are temptingly chewable). All non slip and can be mopped or even taken outside and pressure washed. Might be a bit more practical than having to take up a huge bit of vet bed that needs a machine wash and then dried.

 

Dunno whats going on lol, now it just says attachment??

 

Would a load of old towels or blankets do the same thing?

 

Loved that video, my daughter is even more excited now lol

 

I am very sad and sorry indeed to hear that. And a part of me wants to brush over that, because it is done now - and there is nothing that you can do about it. Pups are on the way and hopefully will all be fine.

But, I have a responsibility, as the owner of this forum and as someone that writes about dogs, to promote the breeding of healthy dogs. In fact it is something I am quite passionate about.

​So I am going to be a party pooper, and put some information right here in this thread - for the benefit of those reading, and for people that might be tempted by the no doubt gorgeous puppy pics that will soon be appearing. This is not about the rights and wrongs of what has happened, but about the potential for some of these puppies to be sold via this forum as a result of this thread. And my role in that.

The facts are that Hip dysplasia and elbow dysplasia are heartbreakingly common. There are plenty of members of this forum that own labradors with one or both of these conditions. A recent study has shown that hip scoring is improving the situation. Health testing works, and testing only one parent is simply not sufficient. Around half of labrador puppies now born in the UK are born to hip scored parents. My point is that it is not difficult to find puppies from health tested parents.

​Please, readers, if you are thinking of buying a Labrador puppy - read this: Health Screening for Labrador Diseases

I know that this will be hard for you to read, Paul, and I don't want us all to pile in with accusations about your mistake, as would happen on many forums. Because it is just that - a mistake. I'd like you to stay and let us help you and share this experience with you. But I also hope you will understand why I cannot condone the practice of breeding puppies without the proper health tests, and why I feel I must make this post.

 

Oh, soooo gorgeous. What a cutie

 

Nothing happening when I click on the attachment - just get a white screen.

 

Hmm...I can see the pics on my iPad and desktop...

 

Well you've just peed on my parade lol, dont worry i completely understand and it IS a complete and genuine mistake. Its not something i even thought of doing or finding out and that is probably down to my naievety (thinks thats how you spell it).
When people come to see the puppies i will be very open with them and declare that it was my mistake that this wasnt done.
One other point, i didnt come onto this forum to "sell" my puppies, my main reason for this forum was to get guidance and information on what to expect and how to deal with the birth of the little wonders.
I only wish i had found this forum earlier and therefore i wouldnt have had to hear this now when its too late. Its one of those things that when both Jets parents had really good hip scores, eyes and elbows all fine, i "thought" everything was alright.
I appreciate your post and just hope that it doesnt detract from what i am trying to do, bring healthy puppies into this world whilst taking the greatest care of my lovely Jet.

 

I use my MS Tablet, don't know if that makes a difference. no problems with photos, videos, html etc. just "Attachment"

 

Hindsight is a fabulous thing.

I too wish I had found this forum a lot earlier.
If I had, my girl may not have had HD, as I may have been able to control the environment aspects that are also risk factors for HD developing.
I had never even HEARD of all this health testing before I came to this site.
There is loads and loads of advice on here, and now you have found the forum, hopefully it will make a difference.

"Education is key"

 

Well, people who have experience of coping with a litter might comment better but I don't find towels and blankets on hard floors are non slip - small bits of fabric just slip on the floor, get in a mess and are a bit of a pain. And edges of anything get chewed.

I try to have a single large sheet of non slip which a pen can sit on and the edges of the sheet are outside the pen. This works well on my floors, anyway.

I use a child's playroom mat for Charlie's permanent pen (the mat is plastic fibre and can be mopped but I normally just need to hoover it) and when he was a puppy I used non slip easily washed lino (I got a few metres cut off a roll at carpetright and it was very cheap - it is bathroom vinyl flooring). Immediately after his op last time, I used interlocking padded non slip gym mats, which were super safe but they were the hardest thing to clean (he did have some accidents), and weren't cheap.

 

Oh, and he chewed up the expensive, super safe, padded, non slip gym mats - whereas the cheap as chips non slip bathroom lino is still going strong...typical.

 

Tullimore's pics have been fixed in his post above. Sorry for mucking them up slightly

 

Yay, all sorted

 

Thought your comment about non-slip lino is a brilliant idea!! If i bought a piece and cut it into pieces a bit bigger than whelping box, then it would just be a case of taking one piece out, cleaning and mopping it and leaving it to dry whilst i put another cut piece down!!!! Thanks for that idea!

 

Thannks for doing that for me, much appreciated!

 

Hope you can all see these now, thanks Rachel!