Caesarians

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Kim Buckley — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:51:26 GMT

We have a lot of staffy c-sections and I do worry about the rehoming of them! Especially when the owner tells us we'll get paid once he's sold the pups down the pub!!

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Jo Mackenzie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:16:02 GMT

Ours didn't turn up in the end, I was all set up and ten mins before closing time the owner phoned up to say the bitch wasn't going into labour after all... Will probably have her in early next week though.

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Claire Cameron — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:34:39 GMT

We had caesar on Friday. Been distressed and straining for 3 days. 6 kits, 6 survived but no milk production from mum so o to hand rear. Rather her than me, rearing litters is like painting the Forth Road Bridge lol

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:33:19 GMT

Thanks for that Vicky.

Our centre is a reasonable size, though there are many bigger centres. I plan to see the mum and pups again on tuesday and I will keep in contact with the owner about rehoming the pups also.

I have no doubt she is a good owner and loves her dog, but I remember many years ago the trouble I had rehoming 11 German SH Pointer cross pups to good homes after I took Rosie on as a rescue while she was already pregnant. And, I had a lot of help in the rehoming process as my friend runs a rescue shelter and also with my contact through work, we did manage to rehome them all sucessfully.

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Maisy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:32:29 GMT

Forgot to add, hope the mum and pups are okay when they are rechecked next week. Poor girl being in whelp for that long

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Maisy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:28:41 GMT

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The owner said to me today - and maybe someone can confirm or deny - if you contact Dogs Trust when you know your dog is pregnant and it wasnt a planned mating, and you simply cannot keep these pups, that Dogs Trust will take them off your hands when they are 8 weeks old?

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Depends on how big the centre is to deal with puppy litters but the centre I worked at was usually able to take these puppies in. Pups are always rehomed quicker than older dogs so more litters could be helped if there were unplanned matings. Hopefully your pups from today will be able to be rehomed through Dogs Trust instead.

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:17:01 GMT

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Awww Iove caesarians!!! funnily enough we had one in last sat with only one nurse - wasn't me working though :( .. I missed it.. and it was a bulldog!!

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I love assisting with caesarians as well!! Sometimes I worry though, just like today, when the pups are all crossbreed. I just worry about things like will they get homes, will the owners be able to cope etc etc, especially as our little girl today wasnt a planned mating.

I would have my doubts about such a thing, but the owner was adamant. Dont think she got this information from Dogs Trust though......

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Steph Phillips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:08:24 GMT

Awww Iove caesarians!!! funnily enough we had one in last sat with only one nurse - wasn't me working though :( .. I missed it.. and it was a bulldog!!

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:01 GMT

We had a caesarian today also!! One vet and one nurse! A 3 year old labrador cross breed, lovely girl. Had been in labour for 2 days which was terrible.

11 pups in total and only 5 of them survived.

Mother and babies have just gone home! Back on tuesday for a post op check.

How did yours go Jo?

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Maisy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:59:32 GMT

I hate nightmare weekends like that as you get everything come in when there is usually only one nurse and its typical that the blood machine always decides to break at the most inappropriate times! Poor dog though, blocked dogs are rarely good

Hope all goes well with the Bulldog caesar!

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StephSVN — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:50:31 GMT

Should mention we are not an 'emergency' practice, just an average sized first opinion place...luckily all had good outcomes though! (except the blocked dog, but that turned out to be a prostatic tumour and was put to sleep the next day)

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StephSVN — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:48:05 GMT

Don't think I'll ever forget the horrendous saturday when it had been busy all day (normally shut at 4), admitted an unvaccinated dog with haemorrhagic D+ (not parvo but we didn't know that at the time), did a pyo op after last consult, as that was being finished off got a phonecall from a guy with a staffy - they knew it was pregnant but didn't know how far gone because they'd aquired it from someone else after mating...'been straining to pee for 2 days now' One pup was stuck and had obviously been dead a while, but still got 3 live pups.

That same night we also had in a wolfhound that was possible GDV (thank god it wasn't!), a blocked cat and a blocked dog! And the blood machine, on which I was still trying to run blood samples from the morning consults, tried to stop working! I forget which order everything came in, but when we got the call about the caesar I was on the phone straight away begging for another nurse!

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Kim Buckley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:55:02 GMT

The joy that is bulldogs! lol

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Jo Mackenzie — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:19:03 GMT

Not in yet, but got a bulldog on its way... and theres only one vet who has consults till 1pm, me and the receptionist

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Maisy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:35:34 GMT

Typical! Or late at night for 1 vet/1 nurse What have you got in?