My dog had her puppies, but a little confused.
My dog had her puppies yesterday late afternoon. She has had four puppies. I promise I'll put pictures later today. The thing is, with the first two I had to help her deliver them. She didn't know what to do and would not break the sac once the puppy was out. I gave her a few minutes to try to break it, but she didn't even try, she just kept licking her vulva so I broke the sac for her. Then after that she took off running around the bathroom dragging the puppy around and stepping on her. The puppy kept crying out so I chased after her and by the time I was able to calm her down and see the puppy, the cord looked as if it had been ripped or something, it must've happened while she was running. So I grabbed the puppy and rubbed it, kept it warm, and took care of it. The mom kept licking her vulva like crazy. I kept waiting for a placenta but never saw one, but she kept licking and licking so I couldn't see. I kept trying to look but she wouldn't let me, she kept cleaning herself up. There was a tiny bit of blood, not much at all. After she finished cleaning herself I didn't notice any discharge at all. The same thing happened with the second puppy. She took off, I had to go after her again, the umbilical cord was barely holding by a strand (half of it was already cut by the mom) and then she bit off the last part of the strand. Then she took about an hour and a half rest. I walked out to get something to drink, walked in and there she had another puppy. She already bit the cord off and was cleaning herself again while the puppy was trying to nurse. Again I didn't see any placenta. Then I stepped out to get some more towels out of the dryer, I got back in, there is the fourth puppy. Already out, umbilical cord cut, nursing, and mom was cleaning herself again. Didn't see that placenta either. I kept checking for any placenta or discharge when she was finished cleaning herself after each puppy, but she wouldn't let me check and when I was able to finally check her, I didn't see anything, not even discharge.
I called the emergency vet hospital but they basically told me if she doesn't have a fever and is acting normal then just wait and see if anything happens.
After each puppy there was some blood, she got blood on her face after cleaning herself and there were a few spots on the puppy pads she was on, but after about 5-10 minutes of cleaning herself, the bleeding stopped. Now since it's the next morning, she has gone to the bathroom twice and has been taking very good care of her babies. I am just wondering, is it normal for her to not have any discharge? Does that mean all placentas came out and she just ate them right away? She keeps panting a little from time to time but doesn't seem to be having contractions at all. The room she is in is warm and she has long hair so that could be why, but I just want to know if some panting is normal also. Is no discharge normal? She did a very goodjob cleaning up all the mess, I'm just really worried since I didn't see even one placenta out of the four puppies. I'll post some pictures in a little while. A dark brown one, light brown one, a black one, and a white one. Two boys two girls. All healthy and doing perfect.