
23-11-2011, 08:09 AM
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Re: My dog is pregnant and acting sick:(
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Originally Posted by ramones18
you'd think dogs never had pups before 
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I'm sorry OP but if your bitch is ill she really needs to see a vet, bitches die horribly up to and during whelping, I've never bred a litter myself yet, but I know the risks and it still scares the pants off me. Good friends of mine have lost bitches, and pups, I even know of one very good breeder who lost the entire litter and the bitch. Yes, bitches have litters all the time, but problems occur with alarming frequency as well, perhaps people don't feel like posting so often when the bad things happen, good news is always nicer to hear, but they most certainly do happen
Rhuna, my flatcoat was out of a litter of 11, only 7 survived. Tau was out of a litter where the bitch struggled after the third pup, she had to be given oxytocin to kick start the contractions again, to help her deliver a larger pup. So out of the three of my current dogs, two are from litters where there were complications and death.
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