Like yourself Jack,i like to get to the point rather than beat around the bush. I would not be here if i never felt that i could learn something. Whatever you have said is heeded & if logical to me then i hope to take it in. Be that criticism or whatever else. Maybe the one liner i wrote was what you were waiting on. It don't portray the whole picture on myself regarding being negligent,which is your opinion. You then criticise me regarding the 1st few days of a pups life when you are only going off my one liner. I won't say that one liner was a true reflection on me checking on pups daily & i sure won't agree to your opinion of myself based on what i have wrote. That is matterless anyway as i only have myself to please. What i will say is that no one could ever criticise me on seeing any pups which were born here so most things must be good.
Maybe my lack of education don't help in my writing,but hey,i make no excuses.
I may well have let myself down but i do know that once the issue was noted then i responded.
The pup was brought into the house with constant care,massage,etc etc. I learn't a lot in such a short space of time. Made a sock to cover the body with stuffing inside to stop him from lying on his stomach,rubber matting to help him hold his own. I had no one to turn to for advice as no one had seen the problem,but he got there & showed no problems when mature. If not for taking the pup to the vet & getting told the problem then i may well have been that "fool". Sods law,he was confiscated as a young adult. His only other littermate had no problems whatsoever.
I like a dam to be in her own privacy with no distractions. I find it helps,but i would not criticise anyone including yourself
for doing otherwise.
The waxed paper is shredded & i use a thin layer on top of the vet blanket. The vet blanket is ideal for pups in my opinion.
As i said earlier i cannot honestly remember the bedding at the time of the pups problem & it would be wrong of me to say otherwise.
I know only too well that time in the dogs means nothing. It is what you do & learn inbetween that counts. Coming up to 30yr & i don't proclaim to be anything other than what i am & i sure ain't done learning.
I don't breed a lot & there has been no more than 25 pups born here this last 17yr so of course i know i am not always right,but i also know that i do not neglect my dogs be they young or old. Hence my defensive attitude,i took offense of your 1st reply.
I will leave it at that Jack,as i really should not get offended by what you have wrote. One pup in a mans lifetime,which sure
learn't me a lot. Hopefully this thread educates others & they don't end up being a "fool".
Good luck..............