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Originally Posted by yorkiemom1970 I understand what you are saying 100%!
However what if you had a wonderful breeder with a great vet who is always on call, and some kind of CRAZY un-forseen thing happened in the community (lets say a terrorist threat, a tornado, a blizzard, a hurricane, gosh it could go on and on these days) if something like that happened and you COULD NOT get to a vet or get one to you and pups were coming...something was terribly wrong with one and it was suffering beyond belief, what would you do? I haven't found an answer to this question where I'm concerned yet. |
I have been raising Toy breeds for 24 yrs and if in a very rare case where I could not get to the vet, I would do my best to make the puppy as comfortable as possible until I could get to the vet.
I have never thought of using crushed up meds for that solution but it may be called for in a situation like the one being discussed.
Sometimes people ask "what would you do?" in a paticular situation and sometimes even the most experienced breeders don't know. Sometimes we have to cross that Bridge when we get there and hope the Good Lord will guide us.
Culling I'm sorry to say is still being practiced even by top winning breeders.
They do not want anyone to know that their lines could produce anything less then "perfect", which we all know is impossible.
I had a retired vet compliment me for bragging about my Bugaboo. She said a lot of breeders would not even let a puppy with birth defects and far from a perfect confirmation, let alone let the Whole world about him.
She kept saying it was a compliment because I was being honest about what Any line could produce.
If you want to breed dogs you should always have a Game Plan for all sorts of emergency needs including financial.
Just recently (some of you may already know) I had a mom with severe complications to an emergency c-section. Even if she would be not able to ever produce another pup, she deserved to have any and all medical treament needed to save her life. NO Matter the cost!
Sorry this is so long.