I've been a little busy these two days, busy taking care of Jack's confinement.
I cooked a pot of minced meat and millet porridge for her in the morning. I drank a bowl first, it was quite delicious.
I brought the millet porridge to her, but she looked at it and did not get up.
After Jack gave birth to the baby, he lost his appetite and didn't want to eat much, but he was in good spirits.
Dogs are just like people, fertility is a big hurdle. After giving birth to such a litter of babies, her energy was almost exhausted. Jack is usually very energetic. He walks with me for ten thousand steps without wanting to go home.
In order for Jack to recover his strength as soon as possible, I brought her another bowl of goat's milk and put it under her mouth. Jack looked at me gratefully, but still didn't get up. He just lay on the ground, hugged the baby, and ate it in big gulps.
I struck while the iron was hot and poured the millet porridge into a small bowl. Jack seemed to smell the smell of meat and started eating again. In this way, Jack ate more than half a bowl of millet porridge.
This is my first time raising a dog, and it is also my first time caring for a dog during confinement. During these two days of close observation, I found that Jack was very maternal.
Apart from drinking water and relieving himself for the past two days, Jack basically stayed in his nest. She curled up her whole body and hugged the puppy. The puppy was sucking milk or nudging her in her arms. Her eyes were either looking around warily, or closing her eyes to relax, or looking at her baby lovingly. .
If any baby makes a noise, touch it with your mouth quickly so that the baby can fully feel the mother's love and safety.
One time Jack came out to drink water. While he was drinking water, he heard a baby squeaking twice. He was so panicked that he didn't even bother to drink more water, so he rushed back, touched the baby with his mouth, and pulled the baby away. In my arms.
Jack's every move made me feel the greatness of maternal love.
It may be because of the hot weather. Even though I made her little house more comfortable, she still didn't want to give birth in the nest. She found a place that she thought was the most hidden and safest, which was on the right side of the kennel. There were two corns and Jerusalem artichokes that grew relatively vigorously and could block the view a little.
Jack is a Chinese garden dog and has strong self-care ability. I checked the information and found out that Chinese dogs Pastoral dogs have their own unique security needs when giving birth. In this case, I just respect her and protect her silently.
It was midsummer, and the place Jack chose to give birth was relatively cool and down-to-earth. I quite admire Jack's cleverness and thoughtfulness.
It’s just that the weather is so hot and Jack has given birth to so many babies, it really makes me feel very sad.
But then he thought again, natural selection, survival of the fittest, this is how Chinese pastoral dogs have been reproduced and survived for generations.
I had to say silently in my heart, Jack, you are awesome, come on!
