Whoops! Here comes another one, popping right out, head first. As you can see, it's real tiny and it comes shrink-wrapped in nature's cellophane. It's small because it's not breathed yet, so it's lungs haven't expanded. Snowie had some difficulty biting off the membrane, but Mommy wanted to let the whole birthing process be as natural as possible, so she didn't interfere. Until the baby started wriggling and pushing out with its little paws against the membrane... then Mommy quickly snipped a hole and, together with Snowie's licks, they got the membrane off quickly enough. Sometimes the puppies suffocate if they aren't released from the bag quick enough. May happen to new and young mother dogs whose maternal instincts haven't properly kicked in. But God is incredible in how he dropped that little seed of instinct in animals. Snowie sure didn't pick it up from watchin ER.