Great information MyFairLacy, I appreciate it.
No one is spewing slanderous innuendos E Toi. What is wrong with you? I ask a simple question.
The one female that we know about having the virus had a lot of problems. The litter before she was spayed, she lost the whole litter of 5. The litter previous to that one she lost 3 out of 4 and the one before that 2 out of 4 survive. She has not had a very good success rate and that is why she was spayed. Apparently she never built up any antibodies and I'm sure it has happened in other cases.
So it's better to go ahead and breed a bitch to a male that has herpes to strengthen her immune system? I just have a hard time thinking about losing puppies like that.
I had a bitch abort a litter a week early and one puppy survive. It took round the clock care to keep her alive and body temperature was a big problem. I ended up making an incubator and she came through just fine. Mom hated being in there, but she tolerated it for her baby.
