[pokumon]

We have a 1 year old female and a 1.5 year old male. I was against letting them mate because I felt it was too soon. Against my advice, my mom let them mate, and she was pregnant.

She went into labor tonight, and I wasn't there for the first one. The first one did not make it. She was panting for about 4 hours, and gave birth to the second one, and it didn't look good. She pushed about half way and started chewing away at the placenta. The puppie was half way out, and she struggled to get it out. When it finially came out, no sign of life. I am extremely sad that this happened, but it may have been too soon for the little girl to be pregnant. Nobody in my family has any experience with this stuff, and I tried my best to read and get advice from another breeder. I will have to bury the lifeless little ones, and I feel so sad for the mother too. I feel like I should've helped her get the puppy out when it was stuck half way, and maybe it might have survived.

I hope that I/my family can get over this sad experience, and any advice from fellow members would be appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.