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    PUPPY INTENSIVE CARE: A BREEDER'S GUIDE TO CARE OF NEWBORN PUPPIES
    PUPPY INTENSIVE CARE: A BREEDER'S GUIDE TO CARE OF NEWBORN PUPPIES
    PUPPY INTENSIVE CARE: A BREEDER'S GUIDE TO CARE OF NEWBORN PUPPIES
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    PUPPY INTENSIVE CARE: A BREEDER'S GUIDE TO CARE OF NEWBORN PUPPIES

    By Myra Savant-Harris

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    The Ebook version does not include the DVD If puppies are on the way, you want those newborns to have the best possible chance of survival and good health by being prepared. You can’t count on a vet being available, so breeders need to learn these skills. Learn how to administer simple but effective measures to help puppies in distress. Described in friendly, non-technical terms from a long-time breeder. Click here to view an excerpt.

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    MID-ATLANTIC BORDER COLLIE RESCUE
    "I found this book to be wonderfully straight forward and potentially very useful. If I were planning a litter of puppies, I would want to have this book and would plan to be able to implement almost all of her strategies. I appreciate the fact that she tells you in the very beginning that all puppies cannot be saved – a very realistic basis from which to progress – and then presents techniques covering every contingency in order that you can give saving all of them your best try. Ms. Savant-Harris carefully lists ALL of the things you could need, and even better, tells you where to get them. It would be most wonderful to not need the information the author gives us, but having this book and the supplies close at hand would provide a very helpful safety net. The DVD clearly illustrates the topics covered in the book. I definitely plan to buy this book as I harbor the hope of having another litter someday." Barbara Starkey,MABCR Vice-President

    MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
    “Black-and-white photographs illustrate Puppy Intensive Care: A Breeder's Guide to Care of Newborn Puppies is an in-depth how-to manual written especially for breeders, though aspiring veterinarians may also find it a useful reference. Chapters discuss in depth how to prepare and use all the tools that one needs to give a puppy the best possible chance of survival, even if it is born midnight on a weekend or holiday when the local vet's office is closed. Statistically, roughly thirty percent of puppies born die in infancy; with the proper equipment and knowledge to remedy environmental factors (as opposed to genetic factors, about which little can be done) this can ideally be reduced to ten percent. Chapters cover how to build and maintain a warming box, how to properly use a bulb syringe on newborn puppies, umbilical cord care, why puppies must ingest colostrum (an immunity boosting substance produced by the mother) or a suitable substitute early on, how to treat a sick newborn pup if veterinary care is not immediately available, remedying a puppy that becomes chilled or dehydrated, and much more. "If your puppy isn't breathing well, assume that he has large amounts of body fluid in his lungs, throat and nasal passages... FIRST, use the bulb syringe on the back of the throat; NEVER suction the nostrils before the throat. Syringing the nostrils first will cause the puppy to take a breath, inhaling fluids into his lungs". A 30-minute DVD accompanies this absolute must-have for anyone expecting a litter of puppies.” James A. Cox

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDogwise Publishing
    Release dateJan 1, 2006
    ISBN9781929242917
    PUPPY INTENSIVE CARE: A BREEDER'S GUIDE TO CARE OF NEWBORN PUPPIES
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    Myra Savant-Harris

    Myra Savant-Harris, R.N. is a breeder of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels who wished there was a book like Puppy Intensive Care at the time she started breeding dogs. Myra combines her life-long interest in animals with her professional experience as a labor and delivery and neonatal care nurse to bring you this information. In addition to continuing work as an R.N., Myra gives seminars around the country on her methods and is currently at work on her next book about reproduction and whelping. Besides her interest in breeding dogs, Myra is an accomplished pianist and vocalist and lives in Tacoma, Washington with her husband Doug Harris and Cavaliers.

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      PUPPY INTENSIVE CARE - Myra Savant-Harris

      Puppy

      Intensive Care

      A Breeder’s Guide to

      Care of Newborn Puppies

      Myra Savant-Harris, R.N.

      Wenatchee, Washington U.S.A.

      Puppy Intensive Care. A Breeder’s Guide to Care of Newborn Puppies

      Myra Savant-Harris, R.N.

      Dogwise Publishing

      A Division of Direct Book Service, Inc.

      PO Box 2778

      701B Poplar

      Wenatchee, Washington 98807

      1-509-663-9115, 1-800-776-2665

      website: www.dogwisepublishing.com

      email: info@dogwisepublshing.com

      © 2006 Myra Savant-Harris

      Portions of this book were previously published in booklet form.

      Graphic Design: Shane Beers Champaign, IL

      All rights reserved. No part of this book or DVD may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, digital or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Limits of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranty:

      The author and publisher shall not be liable in the event of incidental or consequential damages in connection with, or arising out of, the furnishing, performance, or use of the instructions and suggestions contained in this book or DVD.

      Publisher’s Note

      This book and DVD are not intended to substitute for veterinary care. Consult with your veterinarian on proper care of newborn puppies. This material is for education and entertainment and neither the author nor the publisher shall have liability or responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information contained in this book or DVD.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Harris, Myra Savant, 1944-

      Puppy intensive care : a breeder’s guide to care of newborn puppies / Myra Savant Harris.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN-13: 978-1-929242-24-5 (alk. paper)

      1. Puppies--Breeding. 2. Puppies--Parturition. 3. Veterinary obstetrics I. Title.

      SF427.2.H38 2006

      636.7’08--dc22

      2005022380

      ISBN: 1-929242-24-7

      Printed in the U.S.A.

      CONTENTS

      Contents

      Dedication and Acknowledgments

      How This Book Was Conceived

      How to use this book

      1 — Why Not Be Aggressive??

      Pull out all the stops and save the baby

      Working with a veterinarian

      Why not let nature take its course?

      You can’t save them all

      2 — You Need a Work Surface

      The warming box and its many uses

      Assembling the warming box and supplies

      3 — The Receiving Blanket

      Or the next best thing

      Why white cloths?

      My favorite: puppy pads

      4 — Start with a Bulb Syringe

      Move on to even more aggressive techniques

      How to use the bulb syringe

      The breath of life for your puppy

      Swinging is not for newborns

      Oxygen can help

      5 — Let’s Do the Cord Care

      No gnawing or chewing allowed!!

      Helping mom with cord care

      Two types of umbilical hernias

      6 — Colostrum…What is it?

      It is the immune system of your puppy

      Hand stripping colostrum

      Substitutes for colostrum

      7 — A Normal Newborn Pup

      Pink and twitchy, blind and dDeaf

      Normal vital signs

      The orphaned puppy

      8 — A Sick Newborn Pup

      All your assessment skills are needed

      Q&As for assessing the puppy

      What next?

      Warming the puppy

      Hydrating the puppy

      Tube feeding the puppy

      Oxygen for the puppy

      Stopping diarrhea

      Stopping an infection

      Important things to remember

      9 — The Chilled Puppy.

      Just don’t let it happen

      Keeping mom and puppies warm

      10 — Sometimes Gassy is Good

      Ahhhh…oxygen. The gas of the gods

      Oxygen tanks

      Oxygen regulators

      Administering oxygen

      11 — The Dehydrated Puppy

      Tube feeding and sub-cutaneous hydration

      Oral hydration by tube feeding

      Equipment needed

      Measure the tube

      Insert the tube

      Amounts to feed

      Removing the feeding tube

      Sub-cutaneous hydration

      12 — Finally…The End.

      Whew! Bet you thought we’d never make it

      Author Biography

      Resources

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to Dr. Cindy Smith, DVM. The muchloved Dr. Cindy has been tireless in her efforts to teach me, share her knowledge and support me when I’ve had problem puppies. She has taken phone calls in the middle of the night and at the crack of dawn and has met me at the clinic before it opened for emergencies. Her dedication and caring are appreciated more than she can ever know.

      My wish for you all is the find a vet like my much-treasured Dr. Cindy.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I would like to thank L. Calyn Millerfor editing, photography and DVD production. I greatly appreciate his work and encouragement.

      HOW THIS BOOK

      WAS CONCEIVED

      Conceived…get it?

      My first Cavalier litter consisted of a single little dog puppy, slightly under 3 ounces, who was dumped without warning on the foot of my bed. Once dumped there by his mom she went back to the head of the bed to resume watching her favorite show on Animal Planet. Because she had delivered so prematurely, she didn’t have the usual hormone storm that would have prompted her to remove him from his sac, chew his cord or tend to him.

      Because he was so premature, he lacked a suck reflex so nursing was out of the question. He wasn’t due for nine more days so I wasn’t set up. Luckily, I had already ordered tube feeding supplies and Esbilac® canned puppy milk substitute, but I didn’t have oxygen on hand, no way to keep the puppy warm, no warmed receiving blankets, nothing for cord care — absolutely nothing but the tube feeding supplies. I placed a phone call late in the evening to Dr. Cindy who instructed me on how to care for the puppy. He was much too small and fragile to spend the nights with his mom. She simply seemed unaware that she even had a baby and wasn’t showing anything but a vague sort of interest in what was making that squeaking noise. I put a small heating pad between my husband and me at the head of the bed and kept him near us all night. We took turns getting up every two hours to tube feed him.

      In no time, I became fairly competent in the art of caring for a newborn puppy in need of intensive care. My experience as a labor and delivery nurse and years spent caring for newborns in neonatal care units helped a great deal. However, when I started looking for resources to give me additional information, I couldn’t find a simple, illustrated book that would

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