Losing four legged friends

[jjordan355]

My wife and I bred one of our hounds in February and she birthed 4 puppies this week. (Her 2nd litter). We’ve lost two puppies since Friday from mom crushing them. We have a whelping box with bumpers for the little hounds to be safe when mom lays down, and a heating pad to keep the puppies warm. All puppies arrived safely with one pup being in the other uterine horn and caused a delayed delivery between the first 3. We’ve lost the smallest female and one male.

A truly heartbreaking and harsh reality of breeding dogs and my wife and myself are both devastated. I know time heals wounds but this is very devastating for us both as we planned to keep the smallest female. Friday we found a male had passed from being crushed and there was simply nothing we could do. So at around 2:45 AM Saturday morning we woke up to one crying and we believe mom laid on the runt and had a 3 am visit to the Vet ER. Some trauma to her left eye and nostril. We got home around 5:30 Saturday morning. We stayed with them all day yesterday. Last night I set up my hunting sleeping pad and slept beside the mom of the pups and monitored as we were having trouble with the runt fading away from the other 2 that are healthy, and last night she nursed throughout the night and even weighed 2 oz more this morning and everything seemed fine and she seemed to turn a page but passed later this morning with what appeared to be a hematoma that was most likely caused from Saturdays early morning incident.

I suppose I’m more venting and getting this off my chest as I know Mother Nature is beautiful but also very cruel. What’s meant to be will be.

 

[survivalistd]

Sorry to hear this. No tougher times than this...

 

[jjordan355]

Sorry to hear this. No tougher times than this...

Thank you. Definitely one of the toughest things to go through. Hard to see these sweet little hounds pass.

 

[Coasterbrazz]

Tough times don’t last.. only tough people do.

 

[Ross]

Very sorry to hear that very sad situation

 

[Hunt eat repeat]

Man I lost my almost 16 year old dog a couple years ago. I never though it would be so hard.

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[EastHumboldt]

I’m 68 and I’ve lost many a four legged family member in those many years. Dogs, cats, horses. I can’t say it’s gotten any easier, maybe harder with time and age. Never had to deal with the death of a puppy tho. I’m sure you must be heartbroken. Sorry to hear about this.

 

[brca005]

I can’t imagine how tough that is! I’m sorry to hear!

I’ve lost dogs growing up due to old age, got a little buddy right now that I can’t imagine losing but I know one day I will and it’ll be a tough one!

Is it common (enough) where a mom will crush the puppies? Assuming it’s all on accident, but I know nothing about this, which is why I’m asking.

 

[Joshk358]

So sorry to hear. Praying for peace. We had to put our 19yr old dog down a month or so ago and it's been absolutely devastating. The pain is fresh for me, so I feel for you and your wife.

 

[jjordan355]

I can’t imagine how tough that is! I’m sorry to hear!

I’ve lost dogs growing up due to old age, got a little buddy right now that I can’t imagine losing but I know one day I will and it’ll be a tough one!

Is it common (enough) where a mom will crush the puppies? Assuming it’s all on accident, but I know nothing about this, which is why I’m asking.

Thanks a lot, it is difficult. Unfortunately with dogs that have had fewer litters accidents seem to be much more prone. Her first litter was flawless and was much easier than the litter we have now which is why this is such a shock to us.

 

[MNGrouser]

Sorry to hear that OP. I had to put my 6-year-old hunting dog down last November. He had shown increasing signs of aggression and bit a couple of people and dogs. Tried neutering him but it didn't lessen the violence. I was commenting to my girlfriend that I still hadn't gotten over that. Then Wednesday night my 13-year-old vizsla had a stroke. I raced her down to the emergency vet 3 hours away. There wasn't much they could do so I sat on the floor of the clinic with her in my lap while we said goodbye. This has been a brutal 6 months.

 

[bigv]

does your whelping box have the ledge where pups can get under a bit where mom cannot lay on them?

 

[jjordan355]

Sorry to hear that OP. I had to put my 6-year-old hunting dog down last November. He had shown increasing signs of aggression and bit a couple of people and dogs. Tried neutering him but it didn't lessen the violence. I was commenting to my girlfriend that I still hadn't gotten over that. Then Wednesday night my 13-year-old vizsla had a stroke. I raced her down to the emergency vet 3 hours away. There wasn't much they could do so I sat on the floor of the clinic with her in my lap while we said goodbye. This has been a brutal 6 months.

Goodness. That’s hard to go through man. I understand where you’re at.

 

[jjordan355]

does your whelping box have the ledge where pups can get under a bit where mom cannot lay on them?

Yes we have the bumpers on the inside the puppies can fit under.