whole litter dies - Page 1

again i appreciate everyone input rh factor i think if was a problem would have shown its ugly head at the first breeding, which was a beautiful litter of 10 pups all big healthy an very uniform. this is why a repeat breeding was done.no problems don't you think? all test are coming back neg.

Bigbrother, I read your original post the other day, and saw some of the replies. Please do not take this the wrong way; but are you 100% sure that the puppies were full term and never became cold-even for a short time? A delivery that is just a very few days early can produce puppies that are not ready to survive in our world, plus a slight chill can be deadly during the first days of life. It must be so sad to lose a litter, and still have no definite reason why it happened. I hope that you soon find an answer, and you have my condolences. Bob-O

No, that wouldn't have reared it's head until the SUBSEQUENT litter, as the body doesn't have time to build up enough antibodies to that blood type until some time has passed. Usually the fetus' in question will die before birth, however. Good luck, and condolences on the loss of your puppies.

no pups again where 9 days and 16 days there surrounding temp was never lower than 80 and they where 63 day for sure these where not small pups but very large and where growing and eating very well on 9th day one was laying in the morning he was found there he was laying there gasping for air and had lost bodily fluid was already blue thought was he was stepped on my mother 7 days in morning one pup same thing not as bad as first try to save but to no avail all other where brought in checked out touch the all where active and fine brought mom in to feed inside of course they where kept warm they all ate very very well one pups started to make fluid sound in nose after eatting but not before so we took him and the one that passed to the vet he was to do a necropsy and prescribed cefilin drops they pup came home all pups had 2 doses in the days time and then they ate again and boom the vomited which the first 2 didnt not got lifeless and we ran then back there where they all died at the vet there systems shut down they lossed all fluids and had trouble breathing just and hour before they where active interacting trying to bite on finger all seemed fine

p.s these pups never cried or complained they seemed very happy

Wow. What a sad thing, as it sounds as if everything was "by the book" correct. I realize that you may never know the true reason. But if you ever do, I am sure this messageboard would like to know. I know that I would. Sincerely, Bob-O

A freind lost a litter of pups (border collie)and when they did autopsies, they found them to have umblical infections (although you couldn't see it from the outside).