Warning-graphic-photos So YOU want to be a breeder?

That mommy looks so sweet.  Poor dogs.... my cat had his bladder blocked for a day and it swelled up to a golf size. I can't imagen not being able to go for 3 days!.... Poor, poor, poor dog. 

Lordy!  That should certainly give someone second thoughts about going ahead with breeding. Thanks for posting that.

Joyce

I'm surprised the mother survived.  Did she ever fully recover?  Was she and the pups placed back with the owner (the info says the relatives signed her over to the vet)?  I realize the vet can't keep them, but if it were me, I'd have a hard time letting them go to such an owner.  Who in their right mind leaves a dog so close to whelping by herself and doesn't leave contact info? 

paperflowers11, can you prove that this is not very common?  Given the number of bybs and irresponsible owners out there, I'd think there is a lot more of this happening than you believe, except that the mother dog is probably left to die.

This is one "miracle of birth" that the irresponsible owners should have had to witness...

 Thats so sad. 

Paperflowers, I don't think this was posted to deter honest, knowledgeble, ethical breeders, but rather those that would just like to make a quick buck or want to see the miracle of birth or what have you.  Someone knowledgeble about breeding would already know the risks involved and be prepared for them.  Regardless of whether this is common or not, it can happen.  And the less prepared you are, the more likely it is to have a very very bad outcome for all concerned.

paperflowers11

I agree that everyone should think carefully about each and every breeding that takes place with their dog, but to be fair, this is not very common, and is more the result of poor planning and highly irresponsible ownership. =( I feel so badly for the mother, and cannot imagine WHAT the owners were thinking. Breeding a dog takes a lot of knowledge and time, not to mention the money in case your dog has trouble with delivery, and you have to be prepared to deal with anything from still borns to birth defects to an emergency C-section, at any time of the day or night when your girl is ready to go. It's definitely not something you can just let the dog do on her own, like these people clearly did. What asshats, seriously.

Ya the whole point of this was for people who take breeding too lightly and dont understand that whatching two dogs mate dosnt make them a breeder.

The update from the OP is this......

"Mom is at Spindletop, one pup went to his new home last year before Christmas with a wonderful family and the runt is still with us. We've been having trouble crate training/housebreaking him. He won't stop pooping several times a day in his crate and until we can get him over this problem he can't be put up for adoption. I think we've finally found a food that's working for him though. Keeping fingers crossed"

http://www.geocities.com/theallbreedrefuge/xmastoys.html

huskymom

I don't think this was posted to deter honest, knowledgeble, ethical breeders, but rather those that would just like to make a quick buck or want to see the miracle of birth or what have you.  Someone knowledgeble about breeding would already know the risks involved and be prepared for them.  Regardless of whether this is common or not, it can happen.  And the less prepared you are, the more likely it is to have a very very bad outcome for all concerned.

That's what I inferred as well.  For people like my cousins, who have yet to spay their 1-year old pet-quality Lab "because they might want to have just one litter someday," or some friends of ours who haven't spayed their Plotthound puppy and now suspect she is preggers with an oops litter.

So sad, and I hope the mom and pups are still doing well.

That doesn't say to me "don't breed", it says "don't jolly well leave town when your bitch is pregnant".  Good grief what were they thinking?!?!?!  Mind boggling.  Anyone who prepared themselves for whelping would KNOW when it was time to call the vet because the bitch was struggling.  Sad that they didn't at least think to leave her with someone who knew that much.

That poor poor mother, I can't imagine.  My parent's "dog" had two weeks before birthing, Mom would go to work, a quick jaunt to the store and stayed with her baby.

I'm glad things worked out, but again can't imagine the pain that mother must have been in.

     Ok, this is not a realistic situation because it SCREAMS more of neglect than just one of those things that can go wrong with the whelping. Oh, yes, breeding is not for the amateur and Murphy's Law definitely applies. But this dog was allowed to be in hard labor for 3 days? That alone is why those pups died and rotted in utero. Also looks like the beginnings of septecemia to me, and not because she was preggo - she was NEGLECTED. Severely. The green discharde is disgusting, but it can follow a normal birth, as well.

     Very sad, but is just another example of negligence and stupidity at it's finest. Certainly not the risk you average breeder takes when whelping a litter because anyone with sense would not leave a bitch about to give birth unattended for 3 days while they went off galavanting

 Gotta agree HM.

If you want to deter folks from breeding... show us someone conscientious who did it right but it STILL went horribly wrong