Had better weeks!

Lizzie went in to pup on Monday night and had her first pup after around 2 hours of pushing at approximately 12.30 am. A big black bitch that was huge for a pup. She then went on to have 8 more and finished at 6 am with a total of 9 puppies. 5 Dogs and 4 bitches all black except a dark brindle bitch. They started to suckle and I thought things were sweet. Wednesday morning she was restless and off the pups. She didnt look well so I rushed her to the vets. They did an Xray and said that there were 4 more puppies inside her. She had an emergency operation but all 4 pups were dead inside her the vet also said her Uterus was infected and massively swollen so it was removed.
We had to hand feed the 9 puppies every 2 to 3 hours and all seemed to be going well. Thursday morning 2 puppies were struggling and died, one being the brindle bitch that really gutted me. We lost another pup on Thursday evening another good looking bitch.
Lizzie was not in a good state but thankfully survived the night at the vets much to my pleasure because i thought we had lost her. She came home on Friday looking very thin but she went straight to the pups and started feeding them.
Today Sunday she seems to be much better and starting to eat with lots of prompts. The pups seem to be going well now and are thriving on Lizzies milk and the milk we are supplementing them with.

On a much more brighter note Tom (Yeboah) cheered us up by winning the Wellington Sprint Final at Wanganui on Friday night. He gave them all a start and ran a cracking race finishing fast to win by a length and a half. Awesome for Tony Potts his owner and Steve Clark the trainer.

Disappointing news.

Mo (Feral Helen) has been retired after her run at Addington yesterday. She was having her first run back for me and had been working really well. Drawn in trap 8 this is stewards report.

"Racing into the bend FERAL HELEN (8) faltered and lost ground with a subsequent veterinary examination revealing a torn gracilis requiring a 28 day stand down".

She is walking OK today but the muscle has pulled away so time to call it a day with her. Hopefully find a nice home for her in the near future.