Gozen, our female puppy, died today at one month from kidney failure. She had been staying at the vet clinic for most of the week and was getting weaker by the hour. They decided to operate to check what was wrong and found out that one of her kidneys had been almost totally eaten away by something. The current theory is that her mother might have transmitted her a bacteria, and she couldn't fight it as she was already quite weak. It is also probably what killed her brother Shinkuro on week one. It is most certainly what caused her rapid weight loss and prevented her from gaining much weight to start with.
They took a sample of the damaged kidney and sent it for further analysis. Hanabi, our female pug, is now under antibiotics and intestinal flora supplements.
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Sunday, 7 October 2007
Pictures of the puppies
The remaining puppies are doing fine, their eyes and ears are already fully opened and they seem to react to movement now.
I finally got around to transferring some pictures to my machine, so here they come :)
From bottom to top, we have Benkei (male, 700g) , Gozen (female, 207g) and Isami (male, 600g). At this point, Benkei isn't doing much apart from sleeping and eating. Isami is already exploring the basket and its surroundings. Gozen doesn't sleep or eat much, but she has already explored a few rooms in the house. She often cries until picked up while the boys are sleeping.
Isami thinks he's John Travolta
Isami still thinking he's John Travolta
I finally got around to transferring some pictures to my machine, so here they come :)
From bottom to top, we have Benkei (male, 700g) , Gozen (female, 207g) and Isami (male, 600g). At this point, Benkei isn't doing much apart from sleeping and eating. Isami is already exploring the basket and its surroundings. Gozen doesn't sleep or eat much, but she has already explored a few rooms in the house. She often cries until picked up while the boys are sleeping.
Isami thinks he's John Travolta
Isami still thinking he's John Travolta
As soon as I'm done with the kikkogumi (might take some time as I'm busy preparing the new bedroom), I'll start braiding double-pickup harnesses (with their names) for the puppies.
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Hectic weekend
Due to a sick puppy, I didn't get much braiding time this weekend. We had to go to the vet twice on Friday (afternoon and emergency in the middle of the night) and once on Saturday for several injections (glucose solution, electrolyte solution, antibiotics). The puppy will survive but she has lost all the weight she did put on the last 2 weeks. She spent most of the day feeding, we are taking that as a good omen.
The master bedroom has progressed a lot over the last week, the walls are finished, the ceiling fan/lamp is attached and I have started laying down the laminate. I think I will finish the room for next weekend, then we can change bedrooms. I will fix the shower of the en-suite bathroom at some later point.
The master bedroom has progressed a lot over the last week, the walls are finished, the ceiling fan/lamp is attached and I have started laying down the laminate. I think I will finish the room for next weekend, then we can change bedrooms. I will fix the shower of the en-suite bathroom at some later point.
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