Skeeta's 2nd Pregnancy (litter A)

These pics are from Skeeta's (Sohi Stop The Music) second pregnancy ^{(see note below)} when she was mated with Tunamara Brady. Skeeta delivered a litter of 5 male puppies on 17 October 2002.

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Note:
Skeeta's first pregnancy was an unplanned one with her father.  The mating took place at about day twenty after Rani had stopped showing interest for several days. But  - as they say - in the blink of an eye a tie was achieved. 

Apparently there are two methods to avoid producing any offspring as a result of an unwanted mating.  One method is generally 100% effective but will usually leave the bitch infertile.  The other method involves a series of three injections over a few days.  We chose the second method.  Unfortunately this method's success rate is only about 80%.

Until the last few days we were not sure whether the treatment had worked or not.  Even our vet was not sure (without ultrasound of course).  We had Skeeta examined by him a few days before she delivered. After palpating her he said that he thought there may be one pup there.  He rang us a few hours later and said that on reflection he thought that what he palpated was probably the bladder. 

Well that I think, explains whey Spike is such a tough well built tank of a dog.  He had to be to get win against all those odds. We love every inch of him.

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