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Can a female give birth without any complications, then go through another pregnancy and have major complications?
My mom's fiance's friend's dog recently had puppies. No complications and whatnot. It was an "accidental" breeding that happened when her husband passed away. The thing is, I'm afraid that she's planning on breeding again. The puppies are Pomeranian, and two of them appear to be chocolate, which you know, is "rare/exotic", and she mentioned that to me, and there was some relative of hers there taking pictures, but two of the pups she's keeping and one has been promised to me. So, I'm thinking people are telling her she should breed them, even though the female was a dog that just landed on their doorstep, so they have no idea how old she is.
Anyways, I've mentioned all the complications and that her dog could possibly die, but she just comes back that the female didn't have any problems with this litter. So I want to know from experienced breeders if it's possible for a dog to have no problems with one litter, but have major complications with future litters? Google search failed me.
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I am not an experienced breeder, but I DO know that every pregnancy is different, just like in humans. Good luck once doesn't mean it will happen again.
Another thing to think about is, just because there were some chocolate pups in this litter, doesn't mean there will be any in the next.
Rusty
answered on 8/20/09.
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You don't say how old these pups are, but it isn't a successful litter until they are all 8 weeks and grown up and left their Mom. Having the litter is probably the easiest part... keeping them all alive and healthy is much more difficult and costly and time consuming.
However, the others are correct... having a litter with no complications does not guarantee no complications in future litters. And, the color chocolate, while maybe rare in Poms, is not rare or exotic in a mixed breed... without DNA testing there is no way to tell if the mom is a purebred Pom or not.
B.J., CGC
answered on 8/20/09.
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It's most certainly possible. Each pregnancy carries some amount of risk for dam and pups, and just because they seem to do well and perhaps even make excellent dams, that doesn't mean that some complication brought on by some infection, or from a puppy being too big to whelp won't happen next time.
Please inform your friend that purposefully breeding a dog is a very bad idea if you do not have adequate knowledge. Ask her, for example, if she knew that dogs can spread sexually transmitted diseases and if she knows how to prevent this? Show her this page of some of the many other things that can and do go wrong:
www.woodhavenlabs.com
And this page, from my own website:
cookiemiller.tripod.com
cookiemiller.tripod.com
~Tiffany, breeder-in-training
Bear, Princess, Coco, & Sheba
answered on 8/20/09.
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Yes, it is most definitely a possibility!! Mocha lived in an outdoor breeding kennel her entire life while her previous owner profited from the puppies she produced. We do not know her age, but she had apparently whelped multiple litters without complications. We received her on May 8th and on May 9th, she suffered life threatening whelping complications that resulted in a stillborn puppy and an emergency c-section (more than 1k in veterinary expenses).
Mocha - ADOPTABLE!
answered on 8/22/09.
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