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Originally Posted by maxdog  I am about to upset a few people here but I have to say what I feel. I know that every person on this board loves their dogs and wants nothing but the best for their furbabies and every one else's furbabies. When posts like this are made a lot of folks first thoughts are this could have and should have been prevented. But people come here for help, not to be told they made a mistake. They already know that or they would not be here asking for help. I read the responses on this board and I am amazed at the knowledge here. But when someone comes here and asks for help and what they receive is criticism, they are going to go away and all the good that can be done through YT is lost. PLEASE keep this in mind when responding to people asking for help. I know that the well being of our furbaby is always the # 1 priority of everyone here but we must be aware of how we dole out this help. After the collective knowledge of all the wonderful people here has helped someone get through a tough situation, then let them know how the situation may have been avoided. In a perfect world no one would need help, but YT is here because ours is not a perfect world.
One last word from my soap box. PM is short for PRIVATE message.
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This is a really great message and I thank you for posting it. I always say, if you can't bring yourself to help the person - at least instead think of helping the dog
behind that person...bc they desperately need help!
It's very difficult for members here, often, to hear of unplanned and unprepared-for pregnancies - we all understand this and many of us feel the frustration, on so many levels. But when a *dog* needs our help, we should try to help if we can - no matter how we feel about the situation...
after all this is why YT is here.
It's fine to express your feelings, respectfully and kindly, about a situation you don't like -- we're not asking that you don't. But please do it with the goal of education and support at top of mind. If we instead alienate the person, then we
fail that helpless innocent dog at the other end. That's not anyone's goal here.
To the OP - have you tried contacting your vet at all to see if they can help you with this specific question? If not, I do hope you get the information you need prior to this whelping so that this precious dog is safe and lives through it. Whelping can very easily become life and death for both the Momma and the puppies, so I'm quite scared for you due to your inexperience.
Please, do get her spayed asap after the whelping so that another "oops" pregnancy doesn't happen.