Actually, the books say that they are more common in smaller litters as they don't move as much and they have a large supply of milk. We had a swimmer in a litter of one. Two swimmers in a litter of two, and a swimmer in a litter of six. My friends had two swimmers in a litter of two, and my other friend had two swimmers in a litter of two. Myra
>From: Linda Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] vets >Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:35:45 -0500 > >Myra Savant said: >One of my friends had a puppy who was a swimmer. Typical in a >litter of two. > > I have to totally disagree with this very false statement. Even though >the subject says "vets" I have had more litters of 1 or 2 than I care to >remember and have never had a swimmer. The current litter I have of 5 had >my first swimmer in it. I think it is very off putting, especially for >those that are either new or contemplating having their first litter to be >fearful that a swimmer is going to appear in their litter if it is small. >In fact all the swimmers that I have heard about are from litters that have >more than 2 pups in it. > But the part I will agree with is that most vets DO NOT know all they >should about this condition, and I turned to other breeders in fact ones on >this list for guidance. I never even picked up the phone to question my >vet. This puppy was hobbled and I would say in less than 48 hours she was >absolutely normal. > >Linda Berman >Lancers Cavaliers >Merrick New York >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >========================================================= >"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 2002 by its original author. _________________________________________________________________ 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 2002 by its original author.
