interesting article
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My first thought....why wasn't that poor dog rushed to the Vet.....and was she receiving Vet care in the first place....I am glad the pups were saved, but the circumstances are questionable.
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i agree but no nothing more than ws in the article...we did a c-section on a dead ccat a few months ago and the kittens were saved...but i also had no idea what the previous history was
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That is interesting...I hope the puppies did go to a vet to be checked out and that they are getting proper nutrition and all that they need...
I wonder what happened to the mom? Why she died....I would be curious to know if I were the owner...
But at least the pups came around and are hopefully ok and have good homes...
I wonder what happened to the mom? Why she died....I would be curious to know if I were the owner...
But at least the pups came around and are hopefully ok and have good homes...
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just a guess but i would throw in mu 2 cnbets and say eclams]psi---sheeesh---eclamsia
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This story sounds really fishy to me....an EMT does not necessarily have the knowledge of canine anatomy, let alone the skill to perform a c-section. The giveaway is the husband's concern about the delivery problems (wimpering dog, obvious complications, and he didn't call a VET?) and subsequently, a dead dog, which to any clear-thinking owner, would be to rush the dog to the nearest ER vet (or at the very least, a phone call to recieve emergency instructions enroute to the ER vet) to not only determine the cause of death, but to determine risk of delivery of the pups/c-section complications, etc.
If the EMT had performed such a thing on a human (without the presense of an MD), she would have lost her license.
If the EMT had performed such a thing on a human (without the presense of an MD), she would have lost her license.
..........Traci
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Sorry, this sounds to me like a case of gross negligence only partly rectified by this family saving the pups... Of course it is fine that her babies survived, but think of the agony the poor little mama must have suffered 
... Probably for a long time, if it was something such as eclampsia... At least a very uncomfortable pregnancy and extreme pain in labor if death resulted from a mismating, which is to say, a case where the pups are too large for the female to deliver - a far too common occurance in small dogs, even in supervised breeding where both sire and dam are thought to be purebred...
Either way, the pregnancy of this poor little animal should have been closely monitored and vet supervised... Yet this owner and her husband and the daughter inlaw get their 15 minutes of fame and praise for rescue... Bah! Personally, I hope Annie's puppies eventually go to families that think more of animals than her family apparently does.
... Probably for a long time, if it was something such as eclampsia... At least a very uncomfortable pregnancy and extreme pain in labor if death resulted from a mismating, which is to say, a case where the pups are too large for the female to deliver - a far too common occurance in small dogs, even in supervised breeding where both sire and dam are thought to be purebred...Either way, the pregnancy of this poor little animal should have been closely monitored and vet supervised... Yet this owner and her husband and the daughter inlaw get their 15 minutes of fame and praise for rescue... Bah! Personally, I hope Annie's puppies eventually go to families that think more of animals than her family apparently does.