Thursday, July 21, 2022

Poor Peaches

It's been a little quieter on my blog lately.  Even though summer is supposed to be a restful time, for us it always gets really busy.  We have many things going on....camps, VBS, Summer Bible Study, Prophecy Conference, And a whole lot of fun mixed in there.  But, this year it has become increasingly tiring.  But, to tell why I need to rewind a couple of months.

Peaches had a "friend" come visit.  After her first batch of puppies a couple of years ago, we were going to get her spayed, but then time got away from us and we never did.  So when her friend we had never seen visited we knew what that meant and calculated ahead.


So it was no surprise to us when she started having her puppies.  At 10am on a Wednesday she delivered her first.  All through the day she delivered more and more.  When we came home from church that night there was another one. We checked on her about 11pm and thought she was done.  But the next morning I counted and she had had another.  She delivered a total of 12 puppies, although 2 were stillborn.


They are super cute!


They look a lot like their Dad with lots of brindle in their coats.  
Peaches was doing pretty great.  Or so we thought.  After about 4 days she stopped eating and was getting weaker and weaker.

We let her out to go potty a little after lunch.  She didn't return.  By 4pm we were getting worried.  We searched everywhere. After a ride in the woods, Patrick decided to check under the house.  There she was, and not doing well.  He had to crawl way under to the middle of the house and drag her out.  She was barely alive at that point and very cold and stiff.
We brought her in and tried to get her to drink.  We prayed she would make it.

Meanwhile, what do we do about the puppies???
Thankfully, we have two goats in milk.  So Silas milked them and came in with what the VET said is best for the puppies.  And so a new schedule began.  Milk the goat, feed the puppies.  Wait a couple of hours and start the process all over again.  Needless to say, this is quite exhausting!


It's been a group effort for sure!

All the while Peaches got worse and worse.  We took her to the Vet and they said they didn't know if she will make it.  She has a tear in her uterus.  They said the only hope for her is to get her spayed.  We were planning on doing that anyway, we just had to do it sooner than thought.

It's been pretty touch and go, but we are thankful that last night she has perked up and starting to get back to herself!

So, we are now to be the ones to feed these puppies for the next 6 weeks.  


We got Peaches a little over 5 years ago.  It's amazing how much you can get attached to a dog.  But, she's not only our pet, she guards our chickens, goats, and even cows and pigs.  She's an amazing farm dog!  And plus she's pretty protective of my kiddos. 


 So, summer is going quickly.  Lots and lots of memories being made.  Can it be fall yet?

1 comment:

  1. Poor Peaches is right! Patrick was pretty brave crawling under the house to get her. Snakes, etc. May God give all of you the strength to care for all those puppies and give Peaches lots of love and care.

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