Well done, I know it's a hard choice but it's a much happier and safer choice

Very few ever explain what it's like to have puppies and you've done well to come here no one told me it was hell on earth

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R.I.P Barney, I had 4 wonderful years with you, Thank you-29/04/06-25/11/09
The dog who saved my life
Proud owner of Maya, the Rescued Alaskan Malamute

http://www.dog-breeds-plus.com
Mine and My husband's Dog breed website

Good to hear, I'm sure your bitch would thank you if she could

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Scooter and Breeze - Labrador Retrievers
Cosmo - White Fife Canary

Someone I know just lost an entire litter and the dam is in intensive care after an unsuccessful whelping over this past weekend. All 6 puppies died and now the dam's life is at stake because of very very bad vet advice. It can be terribly heart-breaking, going through producing a litter.

I am pleased that you will have your pet spayed and enjoy her as a loving family companion! x

Oh god how awful, dare i ask what was the vets advice?

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R.I.P Barney, I had 4 wonderful years with you, Thank you-29/04/06-25/11/09
The dog who saved my life
Proud owner of Maya, the Rescued Alaskan Malamute

http://www.dog-breeds-plus.com
Mine and My husband's Dog breed website

Well done for listening to their advice and getting her spayed

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"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."
John Holmes

Owned by Buster cairn terrier mix and Leo netherland dwarf mix bunny

The bitch (a toy breed) had been in labour for ages, with a puppy stuck in the birth canal. The vet gave the bitch two oxytocin injections AND a calcium injection before sending her and the owner back home to finish the process on their own. Lady lived about a hour away from nearest vet/e-vet.

(for anyone that doesn't know, Oxytocin stimulates the uterus to contract in a more rhythmic manner and makes contractions last longer. Calcium strengthens contractions.)

Sadly because the bitch had self-whelped her first litter of 4 or 5 pups, I feel she left it too long in stage one, the bitch had gone well over half a day without any result from stage one labour before she was initially seen by a vet. The vet (knowing she'd been in labour this amount of time, with 6 pups in xray) gave the three injections and sent them home

Most vets know BUGGER all about breeding.

so sad my friend lost mum and 9 pups at the birth, it was a c-section only 1 pup survived and they brough him up hand rearer. they stopped breeding that breed after as they just could cope if it happened to their other girls

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oh my god, how awful

It's sadly not the first time, I honestly rarely trust vets now.

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R.I.P Barney, I had 4 wonderful years with you, Thank you-29/04/06-25/11/09
The dog who saved my life
Proud owner of Maya, the Rescued Alaskan Malamute

http://www.dog-breeds-plus.com
Mine and My husband's Dog breed website

Poor girl . Even if she had self-whelped the first time surely the vet should have realised it had gone on too long

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"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."
John Holmes

Owned by Buster cairn terrier mix and Leo netherland dwarf mix bunny