Bad news in the pack

I just want to share with you about the terrible day I had yesterday........
First thing yesterday morning I got up at 6:30 a.m. as usual, went out to check on Jim's mastiff pups in the garage. Susie, the mom, was in the box with them.
I saw one little pup laying there almost lifeless.
I quickly picked him up and tried to revive him. After 45 minutes he was gone........
I thought Susie had accidentally laid on him and smothered him.
I decided at that point I would start bottle feeding the 9 remaining pups.
I left Susie with them so she could nurse them one last time........while I went to the vet with another pup and to get supplies.
Before I got home Chris called, he said he heard a terrible noise in the garage......he said Susie had really growled and sounded very aggressive. He said by the time he got to the garage one pup was dead and another badly injured.
I cut my trip short and headed right home, when I arrived Chris was sitting in the swing cradling the injured pup.
He had a severe head injury and there was nothing we could do.

And just like that........... We lost three....three week old pups.

Two of the remaining pups have an inner ear problem and are rolling and spinning around. They are otherwise doing well.......Of course Chris removed Susie from the pups the moment we realized that she did not accidentally smother the pup........but injured them while attempting to discipline them. Our (mine and Jim) theory is, that the pups teeth are coming in and they were biting down on Susie while nursing. She is so big and so strong that the force she used to "discipline" them was just to much.

I feel as if I have been physically beaten.......it was so sad.
Jim and I both cried when he came to pick up Susie and the dead pups.
He will bury them beside their brother who died at one week old.
Jim told me from the beginning raising mastiff pups was hard.
I am now bottle feeding the seven remaining pups. What a job!!
I hope to start them on "gruel" this week-end.
Now I have to focus on the remaining seven. I pray they will all do well.
Thanks for allowing me to share this terrible story with you.
Sometimes I just helps to share things with the people you care about.