Pup number five or Wu Bao is a male. He weigh 150gm.

Pup number four or Si Bao is a male and the only black and silver. He weigh 170gm.

Pup number three or San Bao is the only female. She weigh 150gm.

Puppy number two or Er Bao is a male. He weigh 170gm.

Puppy number one or Da Bao is a boy. He is the runt of the litter and weighs only 75gm.

Tassie nursing the babies

We brought Tassie to the vet the next day for a check up. A scan was done and there was one more pup in her. She was given calcium replacement shots and was monitored by the vet. It so happened that Doctor Lye was at the Balestier branch of Animal Recovery clinic. He reckoned that the pup had already died and a decision was made to pull out the dead pup with forceps. He did not want to subject Tassie to a surgery as she was weak from the giving birth to the pups.

Jo held on to Tassie who was obviously in pain as the vet poured medical lubricant into her vagina and inserted the forceps into her. It took an agonising 20 minutes before he pulled the dead pup out. I think it was a black one.

Tassie promptly went back to nurse her pups after we cleaned her up.When I told Johnson our friend who bred Ozzyy Dr Lye had helped with Tassie's condition, his reply was Dr Lye is not cheap. The bill came up to $250

Second pup from left was the first and smallest pup in the litter


As the days went by her stomach got bigger. We fed her bigger servings and added fresh meat to her pellets. Not forgetting plenty of anchovies for extra calcium.
We came home from dinner on 29 October 2007 and found the first pup on the floor.JO carried the pup to Tassie and squeezed her tit a bit of milk appeard and placed the pup near the tit to let him feed.By 5 am of the 30 of October 5 pups were born.The first pup was smallest of the lot.Even the runt was bigger in size.