A VERY SAD DAY

Lady started nesting yesterday at 2:17 pm. and was in first stage labor at 2:45 am
It was a very longggggggg night. We got though the night and called the Vet this morning about her still not having had the pup yet, as she was having some contractions, but baby wasn't moving down as it should and contractions weren't regular. She was giving out. They told us that she just wasn't in full blown labor yet so needed to wait awhile, that was at 8. She went into full blown labor at 10:15 but still wasn't getting the baby down, we helped all that we could, and finally at 12 had had enough and called the Vet office back and they said have her there at 2pm.
We were almost to the Vet's office when she pushed hard enough to get the baby part way out, but it was so tight that I couldn't get her vaginal opening to stretch any, the sac was in tack and we were less than 10 mins from Vet's office. She was give out and wouldn't give any more good pushes. So we continued to the Vet's office,they took her stright back and finished pulling the baby out, but he didn't make it. He was black & tan and weighed 7 1/2 ozs. Lady is doing good, very weak and tried. The Vet said he thinks that the umbilical cord got mashed shut between the puppy and her vagina opening. We should have just stopped and pulled him out ourselves, but thinking we were so close and if there was a problem we would be better off there, costed the precious baby his life, so we are totaly sicken. Lady will be spayed in a few weeks, as I feel she just doesn't have strong enough uterus muscles to get the job done. She is our first to retire. This breeding is just so much harder than we were perpared for. Losing one just tears you apart as you feel that you failed the Mom and baby...