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pauldo · 03-07-2013, 11:00 AM

I have been breeding yorkies for several years and always do xrays before the due date to determine # of puppies and if there is a large puppy requiring a csection. I noticed our local vet hospital does ultrasounds -- seemed even more accurate. I found a vet who was doing ultrasounds.

I took a pregnant yorkie to her recently. She told me my yorkie was having puppies in a few days (even though I told her I thought it was 10 days to 2 weeks away). She also told me that there were 2 puppies and everything looked fine. Well, my girl had her puppies 2 weeks later -- one puppy was so huge that I still can't believe the mom finally delivered her naturally (I had a call in to the vet office saying I had a puppy that wasn't coming out -- but by the time they phoned back I had managed to get this monster puppy out but she was gone -- she had been in the birth canal too long). I couldn't believe the vet had missed the size of this pup. Puppy 2 came out fine. I left mom and her puppy together while I cleaned up. My daughter told me the mom was making strange sounds and I when I checked on her she had delivered a 3rd puppy (I never leave their sides until all puppies are delivered). I always grab the cord and cut it myself so the puppy does not get injured -- well because I was not there, the mom had frantically pulled on the cord and pulled out the puppies intestines. The poor puppy dragged intestines around for over and hour and finally I took her to a vet at 11 at night to put her down -- couldn't watch anymore. This useless ultrasound cost me $150. Putting down the girl cost me $150. Losing the 2 puppies well.....???? My daughter and I were of course an emotional mess by the sight of this puppy and the mom seemed traumatized by the first painful delivery of the "monster puppy". I wrote a letter and sent a picture to the clinic showing the huge size of the puppy and the damage to the other puppy since their sign said "please talk to us rather than complain". Well I got a call back basically saying "why did you send us this letter"? Should vets at all be responsible for messing up the reading of an ultrasound which results in the loss of puppies????

03-07-2013, 11:00 AM	#1
pauldo Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 117	Vet misreads ultrasound - lose 2 puppies I have been breeding yorkies for several years and always do xrays before the due date to determine # of puppies and if there is a large puppy requiring a csection. I noticed our local vet hospital does ultrasounds -- seemed even more accurate. I found a vet who was doing ultrasounds. I took a pregnant yorkie to her recently. She told me my yorkie was having puppies in a few days (even though I told her I thought it was 10 days to 2 weeks away). She also told me that there were 2 puppies and everything looked fine. Well, my girl had her puppies 2 weeks later -- one puppy was so huge that I still can't believe the mom finally delivered her naturally (I had a call in to the vet office saying I had a puppy that wasn't coming out -- but by the time they phoned back I had managed to get this monster puppy out but she was gone -- she had been in the birth canal too long). I couldn't believe the vet had missed the size of this pup. Puppy 2 came out fine. I left mom and her puppy together while I cleaned up. My daughter told me the mom was making strange sounds and I when I checked on her she had delivered a 3rd puppy (I never leave their sides until all puppies are delivered). I always grab the cord and cut it myself so the puppy does not get injured -- well because I was not there, the mom had frantically pulled on the cord and pulled out the puppies intestines. The poor puppy dragged intestines around for over and hour and finally I took her to a vet at 11 at night to put her down -- couldn't watch anymore. This useless ultrasound cost me $150. Putting down the girl cost me $150. Losing the 2 puppies well.....???? My daughter and I were of course an emotional mess by the sight of this puppy and the mom seemed traumatized by the first painful delivery of the "monster puppy". I wrote a letter and sent a picture to the clinic showing the huge size of the puppy and the damage to the other puppy since their sign said "please talk to us rather than complain". Well I got a call back basically saying "why did you send us this letter"? Should vets at all be responsible for messing up the reading of an ultrasound which results in the loss of puppies????