More housekeeping -- there's no midwife to cut the umbilical cord in the Puppy Ward, so Momma Dog has to do it herself with some nifty canine's molar-work! (pun! pun! geddit??) The cord is long and slimy, so Snowie had a lot of trouble chewing off one baby's cord, so Mommy (our favourite human) had to help with some sharp sterilised scissors!