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Originally Posted by TatumsMom  I really have no knowledge to help the OP but I did want to comment on your first sentence. We had an Aust. Shep. litter recently and when I asked the vet about the "age of the fetuses" because of the number of times she was bred, he said that although numerous eggs could be fertilized on different days, they all implant at the same time. So if that's the case, they would all be the same "age" at birth. |
My Pebbles gave birth to 5 puppies on November 2nd. The two I lost weren't fully developed... still had thin skin. The other three pups were full term. I bred her three days in a row... and no more after that.
This means the two I lost were fertilized later and not ready to be born .. they were 1.8 and 2 ounces at birth.
This was the first time in 7 years I've experienced this... I've had small (same size pups 1.8 and 2 ounces) in the past but they were fully developed.