the first 24 hours

Well, I've had Bonny for just over 24 hours now and it's been fairly traumatic! She was a little bundle of energy yesterday and I probably let her do too much. Also, every time I took her out to do a wee, she managed to find and eat rabbit poo. Then last night, she had to spend her first night without her mum and siblings and she was a very sad little pup. All of which probably explains why she has been going from both ends since 5am! She won't eat or drink - although I have managed to get a little water into her - dehydration in puppies can be very serious. She is sleeping now and the breeder (who I rang early this morning) said to try her with an ice cube when she wakes up as she might lick that.
I have had about 3 hours sleep and tomorrow I have to take her into work with me!
She really didn't sleep much at all yesterday, so I'm hoping if she sleeps a lot today, it might help.
I just hope she feels better very soon. How on earth to mothers cope with human babies? It must be terrifying - especially with the first!
I'm sorry, I started this blog to write about living on a narrowboat and all I can write about at the moment is puppies!