Hello, my name is Debbie and I have a bitch that is on day 53. She is carring 8 pups and started a discharge on day 50, emergency vet said elevated white blood cell count of 27,000 and thought it looked like infection, did ultra sound and did hear heart beats. Next day my reproduction specialist said ultra sound showed 7 live and 1 dead pup. She is on medicine now and has had a pregesteron test that showed 8.8. It is now day 53 and we took new blood tests for white cell count and progesteron count that we will get back tomorrow.
1st Litter last year whelpped on May 25th 2003 11 pups all healthy and strong. Nugget is a Golden Retr. 3 yrs. old.
Question whelpping a dead pup. I know from the book of the bitch and the reproduction specialsit what to look for, what I'm looking for now is lst hand experience with advice. I know that it's possible that she may pass this pup before whelping or she may carry it until she goes into labor. It's the first pup on the left hand side closest to the valva, which means it could be the first one. Unless she starts with the other horn first. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
