She ate poorly during gestation. This is her first litter-none of the pups had hair on them. We were going to start raising pups on the side but this being our first litter is very discouraging. Sadie never went through the "normal" pre-whelping stages of nesting/pacing etc. If there are other breeders out there, is this enough of an indicator not to re-breed? Please help/advise.
2006-11-28 11:32:15 · 15 answers · asked by MICHELLE H 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Are you sure they were due on 12/1? If the pups were only 60 days, they should of had hair on them. Make sure you get her to the vet today for antibiotics and oxytocin. I would hold off on breeding her again for at least another few cycles. Get her hips and elbows OFA certified, get her eyes CERF'd as well. Don't let this discourage you too much. I did place a ***** in a pet home after 1 litter with her. She started spiking a fever, and having discharge at 51 days. I ended up at the emergency vet with her for an emergency c-section in the middle of the night. The first 2 pups were already rotting causing an infection. I came home with 9 live pups and her. She wouldn't feed the pups, and I was up for almost a week straight tube feeding the pups losing one after another. The pups were actually good size, but they were bald on their muzzles. If you breed your girl again, make sure you put her on a good quality puppy food while she is in whelp. Leave food out for her during this time, you can also give her canned food, hot dogs, ground beef and rice, cottage cheese , ect...
Tom, you are exactly right with the Brucella! Get a Brucella test done on her now, if she is positive, get her spayed, contact the stud owner as well (they won't be happy, unless the stud gave it to her) Brucellosis should be tested for whenever you are planning on breeding a *****. Herpes is another that will cause stillbirths like this.
2006-11-29 00:44:46 · answer #1 · answered by bear 2 zealand © 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How old is she? Is she older than 2? Did she see a vet before she was bred?
Has she been tested for brucellosis and was the sire cleared? They both should have been tested twice. Brucellosis can cause stillbirths and she can get it from the sire. If she has it now you will never be able to breed her. A vet should definitely check her for this.
see here:
http://www.vetinfo.com/dencyclopedia/debrucel.html
Are you sure all the puppies are out? Has she seen a vet? She could still have a pup or two stuck in there as 4 is a small litter for a golden.
This is why raising pups on the side as a source of cash income is a risky idea. Please get Sadie spayed and don't risk her health with a second try at breeding.
2006-11-28 12:02:05 · answer #2 · answered by bookmom 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Did you have the dog checked by a vet. Do you make sure your dog is healthy, up on all vaccinations. how old is the dog was she matue enough to have her first litter. Get off the computer and get your dog to the vet. If you are going to breed puppies you must have a working relationship with a good vet. Get your dog spayed as you have not done doog homework to be a responsible breeder. Also if this is not a purebred with papers why do you want to add more puppies to an already overpopulated puppy world
2006-11-28 13:00:23 · answer #3 · answered by pet matcher 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is definately a sign for you to not breed. Why would you want to raise puppies "on the side". Raising puppies is not a money making venture. It's done for love of the breed. Why did she eat poorly? Some bitches are not meant to be bred unfortunately. It also could be that her and the stud did not make a healthy pair. Often certain pairings do not produce viable off-spring. Is the stud a proven producer? If so, your ***** might not be meant to bred. Do you have a mentor you can talk to?
2006-11-29 07:53:22 · answer #4 · answered by jkc92618 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
man there are alot of reasons that could have happened. Its like coming up on a car wreck and just seeing damage yeah you know it happened but no idea how. That may be a bad euphamism. You could have a genetically poor breeding dog on your hand or somthing could have happened buring gestation and weakend the puppies or killed them. It just might be a string of bad luck. Whats odd is that she got pretty close and there was no real indications besides the eating and lack of nesting and such. i would call my vet and ask. Goldens arent really prone to having that happen.
2006-11-28 11:38:42 · answer #5 · answered by neilmccalister 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Our emergency c-section ($2300) purely truly beat out our stud fee ($2000). It became a Sunday afternoon and our mentor had spent the completed weekend at our abode waiting. She had to go away Sunday morning to get decrease back to artwork and her parting advice became if there became no progression by noon have her appeared at on the vet (our different mentor became scheduled to come back in round supper time). fortunately our repro vet has a 24 hour emergency health midsection, so our vet became already there with a skeleton crew. We presented her in for a examine up and the doggies heart costs were at seventy 3 already, so we made the instant determination to have a c-section. In decrease than 40 5 minutes we had adequate techs and helpers to preform the surgical operation. If we had waited even till established hours on Monday, all would were lost. Now save in ideas, our female continued to devour, did not nest, wasn't panting, and so on. She became proposing no indicators of exertions that would want to have indicated any concern on our section. contained in the phone call to the vet, she wasn't overly worried both- truly had her in to make us experience extra useful i imagine. i'm so grateful to our mentor for understanding the quirks of the breed and of transcervical AI so she gave us the archives we needed to have 10 healthful doggies presented.
2016-11-29 21:57:13 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please get her spayed. Breeding your dog puts a lot of stress on her, and if she wasn't at least 3 years old, she was to young.
I'm assuming you did not get her vet care during her pregnancy.
There are so many dogs being bred/born and then killed daily because there aren't enough homes. Please get her spayed affordably through http://www.friendsofanimals.org
During her pregnancy and while nursing, a mom dog needs extra good nutrition. I hope you will not breed again, but if you do, switch your dog to a food like the non-allergic, human grade fried Fish and Chips formula at http://www.frrco.com/121668 several months before you breed her. And make sure to increase her portions during her pregnancy and after, to keep her healthy, able to nurse her young, and such.
http://www.libertydogtraining.com
2006-11-28 11:42:35 · answer #7 · answered by libertydogtraining 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take her to the vet. She needs to be examined right away.
I don't know the great variety of reasons your dog had stillbirths, but if the problem isn't that she was too young or too sick, then you might consider the possibility that her body is not suited for pregnancy and birth. If this is the case, then please have her spayed so that she won't have to suffer through that again. Your vet will be able to tell you more.
2006-11-28 11:41:46 · answer #8 · answered by nosleepthree 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Goldens typically have much larger litters than this. It could be because she wasn't eating, if she's less than 2, she may be too young. I'd have her examined by a vet, make sure there's not more pups in there.
2006-11-28 11:37:51 · answer #9 · answered by lizzy 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I would not breed her at all any more. Take her to the vet and have her spayed. She doesn't seem to be very healthy. How old is she? Could be to young to breed. Get her spayed.
2006-11-28 15:21:20 · answer #10 · answered by MANDYLBH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋