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Originally Posted by SoCalyorkiLvr 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!! |
But the difference is you made your own choices. And after the c-section you decided you didn't want to go through another prengnacy. Animals depend on on US to lookout for their best intrests. Dogs this small have more risks just as an 85lb woman does. C-sections have been downplayed by our society but it is still major surgery. I believe that if a dog has one it should be fixed shortly afterwards. It is more painful to recover from a c-section than a natural birth. There is no way to tell how much pain a dog is in. Tons of vets even make pain medicine OPTIONAL!
Thanks for your opinion though.