This
is our "Dam", Maochai! She's 2 years old. A smooth-haired
dachshund with black and tan markings. She arrived home
when she was 5 months old. Of course her vaccinations continued.
Since then, we started spoiling her and training her at
the same time. I think it was good balancing both aspects
because she is still well-trained until today.
When
she first arrived, she had skin disease. We weren't able
to determine what kind but anyhow she wasn't weak. She became
our "first family dog"! Then, she only weighed
5 lbs. After months of exercise and proper diet she grew
just like any other daxies we see.
A
month after she was in "heat". We paired her with
Sparky (our neighbor's male dachshund), but she didn't get
pregnant. When her second heat came, she also didn't get
pregnant. After a year and a half old, finally she got pregnant!
During
her first few weeks of pregnancy, i didn't know how to read
her signs. Then her teats engorged. She had a human-like
apetite, her sleeping patterns changed, she opted to be
alone most of the time, she looked for a cool place where
she can sleep and be comfortable at, she minimized socializing
with other dogs and people, barks at others she doesn't
like coming to her, and most of all wanted to be pet, huged
nad loved by my husband, me and our son, James.
All
throughout her pregnancy until her pup's birth, we supervised
her every needs, and wants. But the training still stucked-in.
We
thank Maochai for having that "motherly instinct"
beside the fact that she was going to be a young mother
and this is a new experience for her. She was and is still
careful of her puppies from the moment they formed inside
of her to the moment she felt them kicked until the moment
they were healthily born! What more could an owner asked
for?
Click on the thumnails to see more
of Maochai's pictures before pregnancy upto delivering the
puppies!
