I have gone through two births that were posteria breech - I hate these and usually most always require vet assistance. A posteria breech delivery is when the pup is not only born with back feet first, but also the stomach is facing the mama's tail (this is double backward). A pup should be born with its stomach facing the mama's stomach so the the spin can curve as it is being born - so much easier on the pup and mom and normal. By having the pup backwards with stomach of the pup facing the tail of the mom, it does not allow the spin to curve, causing complication. Also the cord was tightly wrapped around the pup twice and was around the neck of the pup. At first it took awhile for the feet to be presened, then I noticed it was posteria - I knew this would be hard. So I got ready and grabbed gently on the pup not to break the sack since the pup's head was still up inside past the pelvic bone. So then I had to twist the pup working with the mom's contractions to unwind the cord and also had to dislog an arm and then the head. I almost did not get the pup out this last time, but was lucky. I also had all short cords on the rest of the pup, so had to work at getting some length to the cords by reaching inside and then clamping the cords off and cutting. Time is of the essence in order to have a pup survive. I quickly had to make sure the sacks were off and pup rubbed down to get them going and lungs cleared of the mucus.
You have to be so trained to help these yorkies deliver. That is just how it is with this breed in order to have live births and a live mom, but things can happen and you need to be prepared. I have lost pups before and have come very close to loosing a mom before and I am trained. I hate breeding and since I am aware of the dangers, I do not breed often. I cannot understand why people would be breeding, just to breed. I read about the person that had 6 litters in one month!! OMG
