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Originally Posted by gabbriellew  I contacted Dee after I saw a help post on a repro list. Like she said, the only thing she had was the Tums so we did the best we could under the circumstances until she could get her vet on the phone. Like many of us, she lives out in the boonies and doesn't have easy access to an ER vet.
I recently had the whelping from H***. the bitch went down at 52 days, wound up in ICU at Texas A&M, almost died and got constant monitoring and medical care up til an emergency section at day 60. Prior to that she wasn't strong enough for the section. If I ever had another whelping like this one, I probably would never breed again. I learned a ton from this experience though and that is what I tried to share with Dee this morning. My girl had been eating well, on an excellent diet, no supplemental calcium, no puppy food and prior to this had been as healthy as a horse. She was tested for everything up to and including PLE. All negative. We still don't know why this happened but I am thinking that some dogs just have more problems with the pregnancy leaching calcium than others. I guess it just pays to have supplies on hand and to be vigilent always. Dee was doing everything possible and got her girl to the vet as soon as she could round him up. I am just so happy that the Tums had enough to keep her alive until he could take over. Thank God she made it. When push comes to shove, we just have to stick together for the good of the dogs and do the best we can. |
I know about the whelping from hell! My last one almost made me give it all up. I never want to see my girls in that condition again. That and the emergency making the wrong call and making things worse. It makes me mad that ERs charge an arm and a leg for their services and most of the time they aren't staffed with knowledgable personel. I thank God that after she was healthy I had her spayed. Had I decided to breed her one more time, she'd have died.