I was reading the answers to another question on here about what could happen during delivery if a dog was too young to be bred in the first place, and one of them involved the uterus bursting and the female dying.
Here's the question: What would be the right thing to do if your dog goes into labor, her uterus breaks, you know that she's dying, but none of the puppies have been born. Let's say that you don't have any access to a nearby vet because it's a weekend and it's closed. You do, however, have the phone number of the emergency vet next to you just in case there were complications, but it's at least an hour away from you, and you know that by the time you get there, your dog will probably be dead, along with the majority of the pups...what would you do? Is it ethical to try to save the pups? I mean, the only way to save them, I'm strictly guessing, would be to open the mother and take them out one by one...but would you be able to do it if it happened?
2007-07-27
15:01:56
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