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Originally Posted by awesomeaimee2  And that being so, we all have opinions in it. Im going to be providing the care that she needs. I will be reading up on this. I refuse to spay her, how would you feel if you were pregnant and someone decided to abort your kid? I understand where you're coming from, I truly do. You're looking out for her well being but so am I. Ill make sure she has everything she needs. |
You are the owner, it is your choice to spay or not. Reading is just not enough at 60 odd days away from a whelping.
Please try to find a whelping toy breed coach, who can advise you in person, and help you with the whelp. Of course you should offer to pay him/her for their time. After all this is a choice you have made for your bitch, and you did say you want the best for her, and are willing to pay what-ever it takes to get that. You simply have no idea how to recognize distress in the whelping process, and you tube videos just don't cut it at 3 am in the morning if your bitch goes into labour.
You do not have to run too far to hear whelping horror stories - and yes from experienced breeders too. It is devastating to find 3 pups born with their intestines on the outside and not the inside.
You think it could not happen to you? WHy? Things like this and more happen rarely but often enough, we have all had our brushes with problems during birth, during puppy rearing, et al.
So real story and not with a TOY BREED but a Large Breed female. Third litter, everything went well on first two litters. Now it is a Friday night.
The call comes to me at 11:45 pm Launa is in distress, whelped 7 puppies fine. Is having problems with the next puppy. Another friend is called. I live the farthest away. I say I am coming. I get there in 30 minutes - I break all speed limits to do this. Ilona is there with my friend, now it is 45 minutes in hard labour no pup. I have the smallest hands...this pup is breech. Maria has to go to vet. Ilona goes with her and the pregnant bitch. My task? Just keep 7 puppies alive until breeder and Mom returns. Maria has all supplies laid in, I know how to tube feed, and to dropper feed. But still I sweated buckets until Momma and Maria got home. I changed heat lamp around, I did two feedings until Momma and Maria and Ilona got home. Sadly she lost the last two pups in the litter. The breech birth was a "still" birth, and because it couldn't exit the other pup died in birth canal. Oh yes she also had an Emergency Spay. Cost for medical was $2.5K.
So this is one reason there are breeder groups. We help each other out. And this is a very experienced breeder who recognized in her bitch early signs of labour distress. Can YOU do this? And of course knew there was two more puppies to go because of Xrays taken at the appropriate time.
Analogies to human pregnancies are only in the most broadly based of terms applicable to dogs. Humans for the most part choose to get pregnant, and will as it is their "intelligent choice" have done what ever genetic testing ahead of time; to get some idea of their health, and the health of their children. YOUR DOG did NOT CHOOSE to get pregnant. You have no idea of her health status, and what is in her health background.
You have no experience, at this point no whelping coach, and no reproduction vet. Trust me most general vets know nothing about whelping a litter. After all we spay/neuter at least most responsible owners do our pets.
Good luck with your decision. And good luck for the health of Mom and Pups.