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Originally Posted by YorkieShadow One of the breeders I know decided to let her vet decide on a section for her female it was her first litter and she just looked to big. The vet decided it was best to do a section.She had 3 puppies and lost one of them. The breeder wished she would of waited a little longer for the section cause they were very small puppies and thought she might of been able to have them natural . She took Mommy and 2 puppies home and it took 3 days to get the mommy wanting to feed the puppies , she did not know they was hers and tried to get away from them. The breeder said she had to hold the momma dog down to make her feed the babies. she felt so sorry for the mommy cause she was so confused having never had babies before, she didnt know where they came from. Not to mention how sore she was. She said shes always done ok but this time she was just so scared for the mommy cause her tummy about touched the ground. |
Do you know if your friend's vet did an x-ray to make sure the puppies were to big to be naturally whelped? I ALWAYS suggest doing the x-ray 7-10 before your females are due.. That will tell you the number of puppies you need to make sure are whelped and it will most importantly tell you the size of the puppies and if they look to large for an easy whelping.. But never have an x-ray done with more than 10 days left until your females due date, because the bones will NOT be calicified enough to see the puppies spines and skulls!