There is a lady I know slightly who is my Facebook friend – well her friend had gone to the hospital and left her dogs at my FB friends house. She told as her FB status that one of the dogs had 4 puppies – one died and one was tiny and not latching on so I offered to go and help (being a dog breeder myself).
By the time I got there the pup was cold to the core, silent and didn’t have the energy to latch on. I stomach tubed him warm milk (puppy milk powder I had on hand) and shoved him down my shirt for 20 minutes to warm him up from my body heat – then he had a poop and cried. Music to my ears! By the time I left he was able to latch on to his mother. My daughter came along and took care of the umbilical cords for all three pups and helped pass things and clean up.
We both came home feeling like puppy heroes.