What have you had go wrong, when breeding your dog or whelping puppies?

Not myself, but a friend of mine..

Had a well planned out breeding. Did all the prenatal care and everything.. about 2 weeks before the due date, she noticed a loss of girth in the female.. there were no indications of problems otherwise, or up to that point.

Xrays revealed that the 5 pups had died inside of her and were rotting away. She needed a $4,000 surgury to remove her pus-filled uterus and what remained of the pups. The pus was the consistency of bread dough.. her uterus was green because it was rotting.. out of 5 pups, all that was left was 2 partial bodies.. the rest had rotted.

The dog would have DIED had she not recieved prompt care.

There was no reason for this to happen.. just a fluke thing that happens. It was very costly, there's no pups to show for it, and she almost lost the female because of it.

ADDED

ALthough most people are determined to breed their dogs anyways.. I have actually changed a few people's minds when I shared this story. People just dont always think about what could go wrong, and when they realize the reality of complications, expecially if they really do love their dog, it makes them think that it just may not be worth risking her life!

These weren't my dogs. They were a client's dogs that I had. I got one of the puppies as a going away present when she was four months old. For some reason they couldn't sell her.

She was a disabled young lady, who lived at home. Her family breeds Toy Poodles every once in a while. Anyway, they have two females. They are mother and daughter. The mother(my dog's grandma) had a puppy get stuck and die before they reached the emergency vet. The other two behind her(it was a girl) were just fine.

I was there when my dog's mama went into labor. I didn't really know what to look for, so we went outside to let the dogs go potty, and I saw part of a purplish sac hanging from Gracie's vagina. I didn't know at the time that that puppy would later become my dog. I quick scooped her up and put her in a crate. I called my client's father, as well as her grandmother. The grandmother lived next door and the father had a job where he could come home when he was called. His wife came home shortly after that. Anyway, they decided to take Gracie to the vet. They didn't make it. All three puppies were born on the way to the vet. All were just fine.

I don't agree with breeding and will only get a dog one of three ways...if it's given to me, from a shelter or rescue, or if I find a stray, abandoned, etc. I do not get upset with anyone who has breeding champion dogs. Those are the only dogs that should be reproducing. All others should be fixed.

In ten years, every thing that can go wrong has, all my dogs are champion bred and registered, and screened, and we do not have too many litters a year, and do not breed indiscriminately or excessively or females past a certain age. and everyone has a home to go to That being said, there is no money in breeding once supplies are purchased and vet bills paid.

We have had difficult breach births, a litter born prematurely and all 7 died in spite of all efforts. A mother we were sure was finished having puppies after 5 were born, had her shot of oxytocin, acted just fine, ate taking awesome care of her puppies, and 3 days later noticed her tail was curled unde

I've seen some pretty sad stuff with people trying to breed. One bred her dog to a much larger male, and ran into trouble whelping..she waited until the next morning to take the female in and she died during a c-section.

A neighbor bred his lab female and kept her outside the whole time. He came home to 8 dead pups in the kennel with mom not having a clue what to do since she was 11 months old.

Myself, I know that I'm not knowledgeable enough to breed, nor do I have dogs that are of breeding quality.

Some years ago I went to the ends of the earth (at least it seemed that way) to acquire a b*tch that was out of a specific breeding (and she was expensive as you can guess) She then got to vacation with a very nice (and expensive) stud dog. One day before her projected due date she started up with a black discharge. A C section reveled that she had had a "split season" and there was about 4 to 6 day difference in the age of the pups on one side compared to the pups on the other side.

So all said and done I had $15,000 dollars invested in spayed female and no pups.

Sure make a lot of money doing this breeding stuff,,,, NOT

When I was around 6 or so my moms dog got pregnant...I don't remember a whole lot, just one day moms dog, Lady, disappeared one day and she came back a few days later with a box full of puppies. Turned out she had to have a C-section. Luckily my mom recognized Lady was in labor and took her to the vet. She was an American Eskimo dog and the daddy was either a yellow lab or golden retriever, the pups were huge, but super cute.

Then this year our rescue group took on a massive rescue, there were 2 preggo mommas that we kept in our rescue and both births went very smoothly...there was a lot of worry though, none of us had ever whelped a litter before but we had a great support "crew" of vets and experianced friends

My dog is fixed.

But, I've heard stories.

A friend of a friend had a litter that ended up getting Parvo. It took $10000 and a week in the ICU to save the puppies.

A bulldog BYB had a litter via c-section. After the surgery, the 8itch popped her stiches and the BYB came home to the Bulldog laying in her intestines. Alive she was rushed in for a $5000 surgery, on top of the $2000 c-section they had just sprung for. I believe they had her fixed after 'learning their lesson'.

http://www.nsalamerica.org/ is down right now, but they rescued 3 chihuahua puppies that were born with no front legs. From a BYB who did not screen for genetic and conformation problems. And when the pups were born, they were promptly dumped at a shelter.

If someones set on breeding, just for the bucks, (a typical BYB), then they won't care about what COULD go wrong. They will always believe that it wouldn't happen to them. And if it did, they would just try again with another dog. The money is more important to them than the dogs - or they wouldn't be considering it anyway. Nice thought though. If only it were that easy!!

This didn't happen to me, but to a breeder I know.

This was a VERY experienced breeder. The b*tch was a healthy 2-year old having her first litter. There were no signs of problems.

She went into labor and dropped dead without delivering a single puppy.

The breeder had to cut her open with a kitchen knife to save the puppies.

Then they had to raise all 8 puppies by hand.

Knowing there are 15 dogs born for every one human (45 cats for every one human) and there will never be enough homes for all the dogs (cats) born so my companions all get spayed/neutered. Sorry I have no stories because I am doing what I can to reduce the numbers killed in shelters every year. Not to mention what is best for my pets.

I have read horror stories on here, sick pups, dead pups, sick mother dogs. No not worth risking my dogs for many reasons. Besides with the wonderful health benefits of spaying and neutering pets why would an educated person take chances?