Sunday, October 21, 2007

A sad story

Pudding was pregnant once two years ago but she lost all her seven pups within hours of them being born.
Pudding is a really nice shade of brown and we had wanted to mate her with a black haired dog of the same breed. One of our family friends had a beautiful black labrador named Romeo and we let Romeo and Pudding get acquainted.
I remember my mom calling and telling me she was pregnant. We were all ecstatic, especially my brother, he's the most attached to her. However, he was studying in New Zealand at the time and I was here in Australia, my mom was helping Pudding with the birth. To get information on how to assist your dog with birth, click here. Anyhow, Pudding started to give birth at 3 in the morning and would not let my mom near her and started getting aggressive. She gave birth to the pups but, according to the doctor due to her being unable to tear the amniotic sack off, we lost all the seven puppies. Mom said Pudding was very quiet and volatile for a period following the incident. We were all immensly dissapointed and the doctor said that since it was a possibility that it could happen again, it was better to get her neutered. She hasn't met Romeo since.
However, since we've had her neutered, she has been more calm and less agressive.

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