18. The breeder says: "No hope for the Jack Russell puppies."
"No hope," the breeder's face was solemn. "The Jack Russell must have birth difficulties overnight. She has a dark green vaginal discharge. Puppies will be dead"
This was a professional breeder. Experienced in dog breeding for a few years. So, he knew what he said. Usually a dirty green discharge meant the puppies were dead as the placenta supplying them nutrients had separated.
His bronze-tinted hair was flying all over his head, as if he had just got out of bed at 10 a.m, put on his white T-shirt and grey shorts to rush to the veterinary surgery. His eyes were wide but they were bleary. As if he never had sufficient sleep.
"You live your life as a person who burns a candle at both ends," I said to the thirty-year-old man. "You need an assistant to help you." He did have one assistant but the last employee was cross-breeding his dogs. It was not easy to find committed Singaporeans interested in breeding work. The hours are long and the smells are not exactly perfume.
The Jack Russell's tummy was like a balloon about to burst. Maximum size. Her skin was taut. One small cut and the abdomen would burst out. I put her under general anaesthesia.
Surprisingly, 8 Jack Russell puppies were delivered live and vigorous by this just-in-time Caesarean section. Green vaginal discharge in a mother usually portends the death of puppies as the life-supporting placenta had separated or melted away. In this case, the breeder was in the nick of time and it was a great joy to see 8 puppies full of live and vigour.
8 vigorous pups. If the breeder had waited another hour, many pups would be dead.
http://www.toapayohvets.com
But the poor dam. How was she going to cope? Fortunately, this was a professional dog breeder and there should be other dams sharing the burden of providing milk to the young ones.
This was a professional breeder. Experienced in dog breeding for a few years. So, he knew what he said. Usually a dirty green discharge meant the puppies were dead as the placenta supplying them nutrients had separated.
His bronze-tinted hair was flying all over his head, as if he had just got out of bed at 10 a.m, put on his white T-shirt and grey shorts to rush to the veterinary surgery. His eyes were wide but they were bleary. As if he never had sufficient sleep.
"You live your life as a person who burns a candle at both ends," I said to the thirty-year-old man. "You need an assistant to help you." He did have one assistant but the last employee was cross-breeding his dogs. It was not easy to find committed Singaporeans interested in breeding work. The hours are long and the smells are not exactly perfume.
The Jack Russell's tummy was like a balloon about to burst. Maximum size. Her skin was taut. One small cut and the abdomen would burst out. I put her under general anaesthesia.
Surprisingly, 8 Jack Russell puppies were delivered live and vigorous by this just-in-time Caesarean section. Green vaginal discharge in a mother usually portends the death of puppies as the life-supporting placenta had separated or melted away. In this case, the breeder was in the nick of time and it was a great joy to see 8 puppies full of live and vigour.
8 vigorous pups. If the breeder had waited another hour, many pups would be dead.
http://www.toapayohvets.com
But the poor dam. How was she going to cope? Fortunately, this was a professional dog breeder and there should be other dams sharing the burden of providing milk to the young ones.
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