What a practical solution to the problem Janice. Makes perfectly good sense to let gravity take care of extra fluid in the lungs and nasal passages. Thanks. Myra Savant
>From: "Janice M. Dansby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [CKCS-L] Gurgling Puppies >Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 23:12:19 -0600 > >List > >I am still getting caught up with my e-mail having just returned last >night from a week in Paris. No, we were not on the flight with the guy >with the would-be exploding shoe. We did experience about a four-hour >delay with the flight departing from Paris but it had nothing to do with >the would-be explosive shoe incident. It took us about 24 hours to get >home but we're not complaining, just a little tired. > >Having read several posts about newborns experiencing difficulty >breathing, and not having had time to read all of them, I don't know if >this is on point but I learned one potential solution to this problem at >a recent Dr. Hutch seminar that I attended that is so simple I cannot >resist sharing it at this time just in case someone on the list is >blessed with a litter soon and can use this tip. > >Dr. Hutch observed that it is not unusual for puppies to be born with >gurgling sounds coming from their lungs. He very much disapproves of >the practice of placing the pup in your hand with its head down and then >slinging your arm downward to expel fluids from the puppy's lungs. He >recounts tales of people who have done this and dropped the puppy and, >well, you can guess the rest. > >Instead, he recommends that, in addition to the bulb suction pump device >that you can buy in any drug store to clear their nostrils and their >mouths, if you have a puppy that sounds too gurgly for your comfort, >loosely tape the puppy with masking tape around its middle to a >yardstick or other narrow board, tummy down on the board, then place the >board on an incline with the puppy's head pointed downward. He suggests >you just leave the puppy this way, propped up inside the whelping box, >while you're working on the rest of the litter, or doing something else, >for a few minutes. He said you will be amazed at the amount of stuff >you'll see draining down the length of the board, even if the pup >accepts this treatment well. He also said that in many cases the puppy >will become so annoyed by this that it will protest verbally, thus >getting its lungs going and more fluid flowing out of the lungs if it is >kept in this head down position for a few minutes. A simple, >non-intrusive solution that I just had to share. > >Hope this helps somebody. > >Janice Dansby >Oklahoma City > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
