After birth problems
An update on Jorja the beautiful Border Collie of Lisa’s. On 8 October Jorja gave birth to another litter of 8 puppies. The mating, pregnancy, birth and post birth all happened without any issues. This is usually the case after treating birthing issues with the homeopathic remedies. The remedies allow the problems to resolve and leave the body allowing the female to reproduce without any issue. If Jorja had to have a vet procedure it is unlikely that Lisa would have had this litter without more problems.
Below is a lovely photo of Jorja and her pups.
Lisa contacted us on 21 March 2009 with the following concerns:
My problem is I don’t think Jorja is producing enough milk as they (the pups) don’t feed for very long before they are all trying to swap nipples looking for more and there just isn’t any. I know my other bitch Nyx looked like she had firm grapefruits down there, whereas Jorjas hang but are quite floppy.
So I was wondering if you know of any homepathic remedies that would assist a bitch produce more milk. After doing a google on the subject, couldn’t find much apart from some suggestions for her diet so I have just started adding lots of high fat foods to her diet (full cream milk, cottage cheese) as well as eggs and chicken necks/wings she was already on, giving her puppy biccies but she isn’t too keen on them but eats performance biccies. The puppies seem a little bit more settled this evening and they are still putting on weight, but I’m still worried its not enough weight gain. She has been tending to feed them quite a lot which I don’t think is helping with milk production if she is low as she isn’t really filling back up so she wakes them for a feed and they stay hungry. I am trying to supplement them on the bottle but that is a challenge in itself. The littlest is the best on this. My other option is to find a vet to show me how to tube feed as a few breeders I have spoken to said this was better than bottle feeding as you know the food is getting to them and they have known breeders to lose puppies who are being bottle fed and showing a weight gain. Obviously as this is my first litter, already nervous enough for their welfare.
Any advice would be appreciated.
We got back to Lisa immediately advising that in our breeding of working dogs and in the experience of our clients, her Jorja was probably not fully cleaned out after the birth. We had remedies that would help Jorja to clean our her uterus and bring her milk down. This would take any infection out of her body as well.
Lisa came in a hurry to collect her remedies and this was her email two days later:
Gave her the stuff Sunday arvo and evening. She did have a bit of blood and gunk in her discharge and faeces immediately after, so she probably did have some stuff left inside her. She seemed a bit better later that on but I was a bit worried about her in the early hours of the morning as she
She was still panting heavily and she didn’t look the best. So I gave her another 2 treatments of the no 2 bottle as I read you could give up to 6 in 24 hours. Her milk still wasn’t good so had another night of hungry puppies, even despite my taking them to the vet Sunday evening for a tube feeding as she basically had nothing to give them and they were screaming and no matter how hard I tried could not get them to bottle feed.
Anyway yesterday morning, she was keen to eat so just kept feeding her as much as she wanted to eat and then took her and the pups to another breeders for the day so she could keep an eye on them all as I had to work, but she said they were good all day, and fed regularly plus it feels like there is more milk in there not just saggy boobs. She also had a big dinner last night (chuck steak, chicken necks, meat offcuts) and is also noticeably drinking more water again. So overnight was the real test and the puppies were much better and I woke at 4.00am to find them happily feeding off her so she must have had milk so there was no screaming and I was able to get some sleep. She happily feed them a few times while I was getting ready for work and again was keen to have her breaky and fluids and get back in and feed them so they were all fed and contented when I left for work. My neighbour Kerry was going over at lunch today to check on them all and also to see if Jorja wanted to eat anything and to also give her some more puppy milk formula as she is keen on this stuff and apparently she woofed it all down. She is only a small bitch anyway, so I know next time she has a litter what to do and make sure she keeps her food and fluids up after the puppies are born as it definately has had a big impact on her milk production. She still has a slight discharge, but its not as thick and yukky as it was but rather just watery blood and have checked to make sure there was no smell.
The Breeders pack that Lisa purchased to achieve this healing with Jorja was $500, the value of only one of her well bred pups. Lisa will have her kit for many years and many litters to come. The bonus with the Breeders pack is that Lisa will be able to pick up six additional remedies at no cost over the next twelve months. They will be determined on what she needs as new situations come up.
In her kit she has remedies that will help her quietly wean the pups without any upset to mum or the babies. Also a remedy if unlike Jorja her next litter mum doesn’t want to mother up with the pups. There is also a remedy for Mastitis, Grief and a Bone knit remedy for healing bone fractures.
Amazing value and Lisa is more than happy with the outcome.
To find out more, drop us an email at healwithease@bigpond.com and we will happily advise how we can assist you with your breeding issues.