Depressing

[P3LH]

Whilst at the vets this evening I saw:

- two young cockerpoos who didn’t look very old at all, both being collected by (different) owners after being castrated by the looks of it. Barely out of puppy stage.

- a bow legged, over weight, snorting/gasping for breath ‘pocket bully’ heavily in whelp and with a pronounced scar between her hanging boobs. The owner proudly told me it was her fourth litter. I would hazard a guess at three previous c-sections.


Sometimes I have to question owners…and vets too. It’s a new surgery and…different to what I am used to, to say the least.

 

[GSD Woman]

Welcome to my world.

 

[Ratface]

I tend to prefer animals to people. With a few exceptions.

 

[Clodagh]

I didn’t think they could keep doing repeat caesareans? But I suppose if they turn up pregnant the vet has to get them out somehow.

 

[P3LH]

I didn’t think they could keep doing repeat caesareans? But I suppose if they turn up pregnant the vet has to get them out somehow.

“It’s like a zip down there now” quote owner to another dog owner who asked how many they were expecting.

The KC limits the numbers of litters they’ll register from a bitch having c-sections, but that won’t apply to a non KC bitch. I assume there would longer term end up issues with scar tissue etc but I doubt that’s high on the minds of people like this.

A corgi breeder, as they’re known for needing c-sections particularly halfway through whelping, once said to me - ‘at once it’s chance, after two it’s choice.’ As I think all good breeders would realise if it happened a second time, it’s not initial bad luck or misfortune.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

Poor dog, just a money making machine.

 

[Moobli]

Sigh ?

 

[GSD Woman]

P3LH, I argue this with a friend who has Corgis. I tell her they're going to lose the ability to free whelp if the breeders keep choosing to schedule c-sections. If a trait isn't chosen for it often disappears.

 

[P3LH]

P3LH, I argue this with a friend who has Corgis. I tell her they're going to lose the ability to free whelp if the breeders keep choosing to schedule c-sections. If a trait isn't chosen for it often disappears.

It’s too widely accepted as ‘one of them’ I think. The strange thing is there isn’t rhyme nor reason to it, or even line specific traits. Nobody seems to understand the underlying cause.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

I was browsing Pets4Homes to day and a 6 month old collie pup was offered for £100. They had a new baby so hadn't got time for her. What upset me was that they highlighted that she hadn't been spayed so could one day be bred from. Poor little pup.