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shyorkies · 01-03-2006, 01:39 PM

Wish I could say that none of my dams have had c-sections, but that is not the case.. I will only do two c-setions on one dam and then she will be spay.. I wait an entire year before breeding a c-sectioned mama again.. I will not breed her back to back.. I think she needs that time to heal..

My SugarPlum was sectioned before she went into labor.. She was not herself for over 24 hours and her belly did not look normal to me.. My vet is one not to perform a c-section until we know the mama is in distress, but he listened to me and went ahead with the c-section on SugarPlum.. It saved her life! The walls to her uterus were very very thin and very likely would have ruptured if I had let her try to free whelp on her own.. SugarPlum is now spay and lives a life of leisure with my Mother..

I have never literally pulled and pulled on a puppy for the mama to be able to so-call free whelp it.. Have I assisted in helping a mama, yes I have! When I was working I seen pregnant females in distress come into the office with dead puppy stuck and the mama had even chewed the pup's feet off trying to remove the puppy from her! We spent two minutes and the puppy came free from the mama! But most vets would rather help the mother by maniplating the puppy around to be born then perform a c-section.. But I have never seen a puppy pulled on so hard that it left the mama bruised and sore.. I always keep thick clean washcloths in my whelping kit and if one of my mama's is having a difficult time free whelping the puppy all the way I will use that washcloth to wrap around the feet or head and slightly pull straight down freeing the puppy.. But I would never hurt one of my mamas by trying to free a puppy.. I feel that if you are knowledgeable enough you know the difference from a puppy needing alittle assistance to one being to large to be free whelped.. JMHO..

01-03-2006, 01:39 PM	#33
shyorkies Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: midwest Posts: 572	C-sections Wish I could say that none of my dams have had c-sections, but that is not the case.. I will only do two c-setions on one dam and then she will be spay.. I wait an entire year before breeding a c-sectioned mama again.. I will not breed her back to back.. I think she needs that time to heal.. My SugarPlum was sectioned before she went into labor.. She was not herself for over 24 hours and her belly did not look normal to me.. My vet is one not to perform a c-section until we know the mama is in distress, but he listened to me and went ahead with the c-section on SugarPlum.. It saved her life! The walls to her uterus were very very thin and very likely would have ruptured if I had let her try to free whelp on her own.. SugarPlum is now spay and lives a life of leisure with my Mother.. I have never literally pulled and pulled on a puppy for the mama to be able to so-call free whelp it.. Have I assisted in helping a mama, yes I have! When I was working I seen pregnant females in distress come into the office with dead puppy stuck and the mama had even chewed the pup's feet off trying to remove the puppy from her! We spent two minutes and the puppy came free from the mama! But most vets would rather help the mother by maniplating the puppy around to be born then perform a c-section.. But I have never seen a puppy pulled on so hard that it left the mama bruised and sore.. I always keep thick clean washcloths in my whelping kit and if one of my mama's is having a difficult time free whelping the puppy all the way I will use that washcloth to wrap around the feet or head and slightly pull straight down freeing the puppy.. But I would never hurt one of my mamas by trying to free a puppy.. I feel that if you are knowledgeable enough you know the difference from a puppy needing alittle assistance to one being to large to be free whelped.. JMHO..