Hula’s final litter was supposed to be with Bam Bam. A gorgeous red pied French Bulldog I have been waiting for quite a while to use. During her early breeding with the shipped semen I had a gut feeling to cover her with Dillion also on the last day of her fertility window. Even though her numbers were pretty high, they were a 30, I am still learning this new progesterone machine and the way it reads & produces with my girls bloodwork. I’m grateful I did because turns out she not only become pregnant, but with 7 beautiful babies! The kicker is though, sadly none of them were Bam Bam babies. Hula & Dillion blessed us with a final litter together of 2 girls and 5 boys. To go out with a bang, Hula decided to birth one of the babies at home in her whelping box.
The silver lining, even though none were Bam Bam babies, in this very last litter Hula gave me a little solid blue girl, the first to be birthed naturally by her at home. That is significant because I have wanted a solid blue female for as long as I wanted a French Bulldog… a very very long time now. So while I did not get any Bam Bam babies, we did add a potential new momma to the future of our program.
One strong little chocolate and tan male, appropriately named Hei Hei, was having trouble with some residual fluid in his lungs and airways when we made it home. For a good 30+ mins I was working feverishly to clear his airway and get his breathing stabilized. He scared the bajeezus out of me the several times he stopped breathing due to chocking on amniotic fluid left over from the C-section. Fortunately he is one of the biggest in the litter, solid and strong.
We also do have 1 extremely small runty girl named Harper. I am not sure if she will actually make it at the time of this writing as she is barely 3 ounces at birth and I am terrified of how small she will actually get knowing that the first couple days they lose before they start gaining good. For now, after the freight Hei Hei gave me upon arriving home, all is well and everyone is alive.
