Visit To The Vets

We all went off to the vets this morning to make sure that everything was ok.

Tom, the vet, gave Tilly a good check over and said that she was absolutely fine. He said that, as usual, she was an excellent mother and seemed to have produced good healthy puppies. Tom than examined each puppy to make sure that they didn't have a cleft palate and generally checked them over for any other problems and declared that they were all fine, fit and healthy.

Marvelous!

While we were there Tom also removed the puppies dew claws, they don't actually need these later in life but they can sometimes cause problems later on. It is fairly painless but it does need to be done within 2-3 days of the puppy being born otherwise it is too big a job to perform. We always have to take Tilly outside while Tom removes the dew claws because if the puppies were to squeal it would cause her a lot of distress.

No more visits to the vets now until we need to pick up the worming treatments for the pups which will be at about 2 weeks old.

When we got back from the vets we took this short video of Tilly and her 4 puppies which really gives you a good chance to see all their different markings . . . .

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