I had Cici in the vets almost two weeks ago because I knew she was in labor (saw very dark green discharge smudge on her tummy) and took her in right away. If I was not experienced as I am (past vet tech. and breeding since late 70's) I would not have know anything was wrong. Luckily I did take her in and my vet and gave her the oxyie shot, since she was not having any contractions. He only waited 20 min and then gave her a c-section. Good thing too, since I probably would have lost all the pups and possibly Cici as well.
I get on here to YT and am just amazed how many people are breeding and have no clue what is in store for them, or educate themselves to be ready for emergencies. Some just think - oh, wouldn't it be nice to have some pups! And not think or do testing, research or anything and then expect everything to be peachy qeen - "oh, dogs have been whelping pups since way back - they can do." Yorkies are a breed that cannot do it all themselves - infact from my experience - they have no clue what to do most of the time. I break bags, turn pups in the channel, cut cords.... People it is messy! So before we have more pups with health issues, dying pups, dying moms .. think about it and stop before it is too late. And if you decide to breed - do it right. Educate yourself and make sure you know what you are getting yourselves into. If I had not been a vet tech years ago - I would not breed!! At least I saw and assisted in whelping many different litters. I learned so much before I even attempted to whelp a litter myself.
IMO - vets do not know everything and that is why as a breeder you need to educate yourself and help make decisions. Cici ran a temp. over the weekend after her c-section. I called my vet and he said that it was only a degree high, (actually it was 102.6 - 102.8 averaged) and not to worry. I made the decision as her care taker to take her to my other vet and see what she thought. She put her on an antibiotic and fluids. So you have to educate yourself and when your gut feeling is telling you something - best thing is you might want to act on it. I knew it was not right having a high temp. I am glad to report that Cici and her pups are doing well. We did loose one pup that was still born due to its stomach outside. Reason probably why she was not going into labor and had the drop in temperature for the whole weekend before her c-section on Wed. I felt this was not normal. And sure enough, now that I look back things were going bad then. Probably if I had acted then, I might have saved the other pup and might have had three pups instead of two pups. Please, please, please... learn all you can about whelping and breeding before you actually put two dogs together. Research the breed standard, research and learn pedigrees, have health screenings, etc... so you can produced the best pups you can.
Sorry - I will get off my soapbox now.
I am so sorry that this couple had to go through this. I am so glad that they do have a pup and the mama is okay. I am sorry we missed her post and was not there to help them.
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