**** myself this morning, counted them (to check nobody was under mum being crushed) and only had 7. Panicked, moved mum around and they was nobody under her. Saw a lump under the heatmat, pulled it back and found the red collared pup. No signs of life, no movement, no breathing.
Brain fart, grabbed him and he was utterly limp, but still warm from the heatmat. Brain fart pt 2, i dropped him (don't like handling dead stuff), little bugger woke up and started crying for mum. Puppies sleep REALLY well!
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