I wish I had your vet. Here, a c-section without complications runs about $900 and with blood transfusions or other 'extras' they can be close to $1200. Still a small price to pay to save your mom and babies, but more than where you live. Myra
>From: Susan Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stud Contract Question >Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:25:28 -0400 > >Wow. I can't understand that mentality. It is too foreign to my own >attitude. That's not only heartless, it's criminally stupid--- not to >mention the economics. She risked killing her female and let puppies worth >thousands die because she didn't want to pay a couple of hundred for a >section!?? > >I really don't like the guarantee of surviving puppies as you take away the >responsibility of the bitch owner and put it on the stud owner who has no >control over what happens in whelping or afterward. > >All the best, >Susan Cochran > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Myra Savant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 1:11 PM >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stud Contract Question > > > > Well...sometimes the bitch owner doesn't quite do enough, in my opinion. >We > > let someone use our boy....three nice sized puppies on xray. Bitch was >in > > labor an extremely long time and finally delivered a dead bitch puppy. > > Second bitch puppy came quickly and thrived. Then....third puppy took >over > > six hours to be delivered and was born dead. No trip to the vet...no >help > > was sought. The breeder's general thought process was to avoid a >c-section > > at all costs. Now, we owe her a free breeding back to our boy. In my >heart > > of hearts, I don't feel that everything was done to assure the live >delivery > > of those three little girls, and I resent having to give her a free >breed > > back. Additionally, I don't feel good knowing that I am a party to a > > breeding where the owner of the bitch may not seek the help from a > > professional that is clearly called for. When she called to tell me >about > > her litter, she said: "I wanted to use Robbie because I know he >produces > > girls and large litters. I sure didn't get a large litter from him." >Well, > > she might have gotten three healthy little girls, if she hadn't been so > > worried about the expense of a c-section. Myra > > > > > > >From: Susan Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stud Contract Question > > >Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 12:40:36 -0400 > > > > > >I think that it is highly likely, given the amount of time, money, and > > >interest--not too mention her heart-- that the bitch owner has invested >in > > >the breeding that she will do everything humanly possible to insure >that > > >any > > >pup born alive has every advantage for survival. Repeating the breeding > > >doesn't replace all that is lost in terms of heartache or even >monetarily > > >when the litter doesn't survive. > > >All the best, > > >Susan Cochran > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Jean Kingston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:01 PM > > >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stud Contract Question > > > > > > > > > > I don't think this is a case of blame laying, but I was under the > > >impression > > > > that the standard two live puppy guarantee was a guarantee on the > > >viability > > > > of the stud dog, so the question is... Who is responsible for the >"s..t > > > > happens" stuff? It probably depends on the circumstances at the >time. > > >An > > > > extended time frame is just not something I would want to put in > > >writing. > > > > > > > > Jean Kingston > > > > Waawaaskone Reg'd. Cavaliers > > > > A Fancy For Glass > > > > http://www.cartogra.com/rs/67CF4CD0-65F5-11D6-B42B-0090277A760E > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Leanne Bertani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:12 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stud Contract Question > > > > > > > > > > > > > Almost all breeders will give a return stud service if there are >no > > >living > > > > > puppies at the end of two weeks. Most cavalier breeders will give >a > > > > return > > > > > service if there are not "two alive at two weeks". > > > > > > > > > > Average puppy mortality in many breeds approaches 30%. Puppy > > >mortality > > > > due > > > > > to infection is not usually easily preventable, so I wouldn't >blame >it > > >on > > > > > the caregiver. > > > > > > > > > > Chilling is over-rated as a cause of death. I once accidentally >left > > >a > > > > > newborn cavalier puppy outside in the backyard in the rain all >night > > >long. > > > > > When it was discovered in the morning, it was put with its mother >and > > >the > > > > > rest of the litter and thrived normally to adulthood without any > > >special > > > > > care. > > > > > > > > > > Leanne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > do you have any stipulations regarding the cause of neonatal > > > > > > death? 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