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by Whiteeyes on 05 June 2010 - 08:06
I have had several litters of puppies. I always like to be present when the female is delivering her puppies. I wait about 1/2 hour after she seems to have delivered her last pup. Then I inject her with pitocin intra muscularly to get her uterus contracting to clean out any debris that may have been left behing in her uterus. I've never had a problem doing it that way. If I were going to check her for puppies before whelping, I would prefer ultra sound. That is what they use on humans.
by shostring on 05 June 2010 - 11:06
I do ultra sound at 7 weeks I feel this is better than x ray and safer
by VomMarischal on 05 June 2010 - 22:06
I will never do an ultra sound at 7 weeks again. They told me 5 puppies and we got 13. Utterly pointless.
by Judy P on 05 June 2010 - 23:06
VM I am with you, I did an ultrasound at 5 weeks - showed 6 puppies. X-rayed at 8 1/2 weeks and showed 6 maybe 7 so vets estimate was 6 - 8. We ended up with 13 puppies, the last 4 would have had a shorter trip if they had crawled out her mouth.
by dogshome9 on 06 June 2010 - 00:06
Very funny Judy, 
by VomMarischal on 06 June 2010 - 00:06
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
by Jyl on 06 June 2010 - 00:06
Haha....thats funny Judy.
I did an X-Ray on my female and the vet said 12...well she has 12. Ended up with 11 live and 1 still born
I did an X-Ray on my female and the vet said 12...well she has 12. Ended up with 11 live and 1 still born
by bea teifke on 06 June 2010 - 03:06
i did an ultra sound at 5 weeks and did not see any puppies, i guess none for me.....
by Doberdoodle on 06 June 2010 - 23:06
If humans are not supposed to get x-rays when pregnant is it safe for dogs? I have no idea, just asking.
by VomMarischal on 07 June 2010 - 14:06
I have a question too. How come these x-rays are spot on sometimes and not others? Is it the vet him/herself? Not positioning or reading xrays well? Or is it how the bitch holds the puppies???
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