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Originally Posted by Baha Angel  I agree, it's very awful animal ethics here. Our pound even has a three day rule if a dog is captured, it has three days to be claimed or it is put down right away. Mainly I think it's due to the stray problem as I mentioned above, but it's still a life that could have been adopted. I have been a foster for many large and small strays (even a yorkie!) until my fiancé and I could find a home for them. It's a very painful situation when you have to rescue them from a bad fate, and leave the others because you know you cannot take on 20 dogs. It is heartbreaking.
As for an update on talking with my fiancé, I spoke with him earlier, and he is not comfortable with me traveling alone to another country. But I will have to see what I can do because it comes down to the health of my baby.
I'm not going to be updating this thread anymore because I have not seen any advice on what I should be giving her for nutrition in the (a)(b)meantime. More like judging and not understanding the situation(c). Thank you all, I hope all of your babies are healthy and well. |
a) See POST NO 3 - by Carmen who is a breeder of silky terriers.
b) See POST NO 2 - Basic nutrition in early stages pregnancy can be found by doing a simple search on this forum. Question has been asked and answered at least two dozen times.
c) Of course we understand the situation based upon what you described to us. And we have to use our judgement to give you the best advice we can. Here is what you have told us 1) You knew there was no reputable good vet care available on the island 2) When your girl was approx 2yrs old you bought a male puppy and left him un-neutered 3) By the time your girl tied with the male he was one year old. 4) By that time your gal has had at least three heats maybe 4 heats - plenty of heats for you to have had a clue when she was due again. Plus a healthy sexually mature male dog, has pretty clear behaviour patterns around a female in heat. It was incumbent upon you to ask the question of your vet, or even ask here, what are signs and symptoms of heat, how to keep two intact dogs from mating, etc, etc. Or yet again, you could do a search on the topic.
So if you
Fail to Plan then you Plan to Fail. As a responsible dog owner of an intact female and stud, it is your responsibility to keep separate these two dogs to avoid unplanned mating.
I don't know what the breeder(s) of these two dogs think or care about the situation; but if they were sold on a spay and neuter contract, you have breeched the terms of those contracts.