I am so glad she is better and able to come home. Just watch her really carefully. I had an American Bulldog who had a litter of pups and on day three had seizures due to a calcium deficiency. I rushed her to the vet and got her on calcium and she was better. Then a few days later she started going downhill again. She barely moved on the way to the vet, she could not walk...I was afraid I was going to lose her before I got her to the vet. Turns out she had mastititis in one breast and had a very high fever. Seems that when they go bad, they go downhill very fast They gave her a shot and she was immediately better. We had to milk that breast to get all the infection out and believe me, it was a lot! I have never seen such a sick dog in all my life and it came on her so suddenly. I totally agree with you that you are taking a huge risk when you breed dogs. In my opinion and from my experience, if you feed premium food, vet your dogs and provide excellent living conditions you don't make any money breeding dogs and raising puppies. There is just more involved in it than most people see. I am not saying that no one should breed...how else do we get our babies if no one is raising them...all I am saying is that a whole lot of thought should go into it, a lot of homework should be done before it and a whole lot of testing should be done to insure that the breeding will produce better than the parents...and that those pups will be the healthiest because the parents were proven worthy to breed. JMHO...hope I did not offend anyone. |