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Originally Posted by StewiesMom Yes.
As time wears on, I start to feel more and more sorry for all momma dogs --regardless of their size. |
This is how I feel too but I answered
undecided because "cruel" is such a subjective word.
C-sections are common place in our society and I had one and don't consider it cruel. I think that just as many 3 lb females free whelp as 5 lb ones do. I don't really think from talking to reproductive specialists and breeders who breed for tinies that there is any difference in breeding a 3 lb female and a 2.5 lb male and breeding a 5 lb female to the same male. Either is just as apt to have a difficult delivery as a perfectly normal and easy one.
I think
natural childbirth is cruel and unusual punishment for humans (I had my first 2 w/o any medication!!!) so I am really undecided since no dogs I know of get epidurals!!