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The
following images illustrate the different
stages of a natural childbirth of a female
Yorkshire Terrier. The pictures have
been taken from one of our females, and they
don't come from any book or publication. |
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They
are exclusively property of Shilhayork's
Yorkies. |
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Mummy have just had her first babie |
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We can see she is very fatty yet |
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Let us see now how a childbirth is developed |
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After several contractions, the space
between the anus and the vulva swells with
the entrance of the puppy in the channel of
birth
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It begins to appear the bag with the
amniotic liquid |
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Inside the bag, we can see one of the back
legs of the puppy |
The contractions follows and it goes
appearing a little more of the puppy |
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We already have the middle of the body
outside |
Just the head to go out, and if it takes a
little in leaving, we will help the mother
throwing carefully of the puppy, to avoid he
can suffocate |
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Our puppy is already completely outside, but
still he is wrapped inside the fetal
membranes and together the placenta, and
that in this case it has been expelled
together with the puppy. We can let the
mother break membranes and clean the puppy
and cut the umbilical cord, but if we see
that she doesn't know what to do, we will
make it quickly ourselves to avoid an
asphyxia. We will break up the membranes
with the fingers and we will take out the
puppy. We will put a finger into his mouth
so that he breathes and expel the mucosities
that are in the breathing roads. With
a tweezers we will press the umbilical cord
and with the clip on it, we will cut it to 3
cm. of the stomach. We will rub the puppy
with a dry towel to stimulate his breathing
and to dry it a little. We will make all of
this in front of his mother, so that she
doesn't become nervous and we will leave
that she give him some that another kisses
while the operation finish. And since he is
clean and awake, we will give him to his
mother so that he begins to suckle as soon
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You can see the tweezers pressing the umbilical
cord
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And here we already have our main star clean
and with his cut umbilical cord. Isn't
it so cute? |
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Mummy lovely kiss her newly born babies |
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