Hi list A friend of mine (no, honest, not me) recently whelped a bitch who had one normal sized puppy followed by a very large puppy born back legs and tail first. Size of pup meant he got stuck and after trying all she knew she had to get the vet to remove the by then dead dog puppy. He was followed by a very small pup, and subsequently a normal sized pup. Each pup had its own placenta.
So out of four in the litter, two were within normal size limits, one huge, one tiny. If you believed in sympathetic magic you'd think the dog had been taking nourishment away from the following pup (which is why I mentioned the placentas) but I understand now it's believed that pups are born from each horn alternately. So I'm wondering what can cause such discrepancies in size in whelps? Anyone got any ideas/facts/useful information on producing a nice even size of whelps in a litter? Sheena Sheena Stevens Kilnshena Kavaliers Devon, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
