My year and a half old Pomeranian had (two) puppies a couple days ago (on Monday morning). All three dogs are fine and healthy as we can tell, and we have created (to our knowledge) the correct environment for her and the puppies to be in (lamp, heat-wise, bed, towels, food and water for mom, cover over bed, etc.) But I have a few more questions.
1. One puppy still has a piece of umbilical cord (about 3 1/2 inches long, maybe more) still attached to her. It's dry and very very thin. Will this fall off on its on, will mom take care of it, should we take care of it?
2. When we do handle the puppies, which is rarely, (to clean, let mom out, check on them etc.), we wash our hands prior to it. But is it even alright to handle them at all this early?
3. What should we keep consistently checking for on both the puppies and the mom? Anything we need to take note of?
4. If you could, please make a list of things to remember in general!
Thank you!
