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AverageGuy wrote:Cute little boogers. The new owners will love those photos.
hicntry wrote:Just out of curiosity...why did you put the larger kennel indoors and the 10x10 outside instead of the other way around?
Misskiwi67 wrote:hicntry wrote:Something for you to think about. Healthy pups are always active from the time they hit the ground. This is your first litter and you are spending a lot of time trying to save a weak puppy. If you manage to save it, you owe it to yourself to keep it so you learn from it. It will never measure up to the healthy pups of the litter. Once you watch that pup with the others as it gets older, you will realize that. Saving the weak does the pup no favor, does the breed no favor, and does any possible owners no favor.
The pup is weak because of poor oxygen during birth, not genetics. There's an associated syndrome that she should recover fully from thanks to the immaturity of her nervous system and that is why she's worth the effort. I just need to get enough calories into her so she can catch up.
Ive seen plenty of genetic messed that were better off without the extra nurturing, so I absolutely get where you are coming from. I'm not sure if I would put this much effort into a puppy that was more obviously fading rather than having been in distress (low heart rate on ultrasound) prior to C-section.
I will absolutely keep her if there's any question about her hunting ability.
hicntry wrote:Misskiwi67 wrote:
Did you learn anything from your first experience regarding "oxygen deprivation". From the later picture of the pup next to a normal sized littermate, at 10 oz., it is obvious that with all the calories you are putting into the pup, it isn't "thriving". Lack of thriving is usually a sign of a bad heart.
hicntry wrote:I'll take that as a no.
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