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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Hopefully there was an autopsy done so she will know without supposition, what was responsible for this pups death. When she gets her diagnosis, then she can back track, and see at precisely what point in the development of the embryo, things went south. Then she can pull up her records and see what if anything, the dam received or did during that week- two week period of time. This is the benefit of keeping detailed records and following up with necropsy especially with the death of the entire litter, with obvious malformations, etc.. I know alot of people do not opt for necropsies....but with breeders, these are invaluable tools that must be utilized in order to prevent or aviod the same problem from occuring again in your future litters. This is information for anyone that has this event take place, not just this OP.... Regardless of the cause/reason a baby dies, while there may very well be absolutely NOTHING we could possible have done to save that baby, all we CAN do is be prepared with ALL the supplies we will need, available and on hand, to try to save the baby. And in MY opinion, if there is a critical malformation that is definately going to cause the death of that baby, regardless of what efforts are made, then I would opt to euthanize the enfant, rather than prolong the inevitable.