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YorkieRose · 11-24-2005, 06:48 AM

Once when Dr Pete was out of town my girl, Blanche had a whelping problem. The assistant vet gave her a shot to get the contractions going stronger, finally a leg pops out. The vet calls for the tech to get Blanche really for a c-section..the tech was a long time Yorkie breeder herself, so she showed the vet how to pull out a "legs first" puppy.
The vet said he didn't get many chances to deliver pups in med school..he cut alot out, but natural births were fewer.

Dr. Pete actually did a free surgery on one of my Yorkies because he wanted his assistant to learn how to do an inverted knee cap repair. The day of the surgery it snowed..I couldn't get to the vets office, so Dr. Pete came to my house to get the puppy...this was a congential defect. It was born with a backwards knee cap..surgery was 100% success. Dr. Pete said it was rare and the assistant would never have learned it in vet school.

Sooo, I love vets, but we have to use all the resources available to us.

11-24-2005, 06:48 AM	#9
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	vets Once when Dr Pete was out of town my girl, Blanche had a whelping problem. The assistant vet gave her a shot to get the contractions going stronger, finally a leg pops out. The vet calls for the tech to get Blanche really for a c-section..the tech was a long time Yorkie breeder herself, so she showed the vet how to pull out a "legs first" puppy. The vet said he didn't get many chances to deliver pups in med school..he cut alot out, but natural births were fewer. Dr. Pete actually did a free surgery on one of my Yorkies because he wanted his assistant to learn how to do an inverted knee cap repair. The day of the surgery it snowed..I couldn't get to the vets office, so Dr. Pete came to my house to get the puppy...this was a congential defect. It was born with a backwards knee cap..surgery was 100% success. Dr. Pete said it was rare and the assistant would never have learned it in vet school. Sooo, I love vets, but we have to use all the resources available to us.