I have a bitch with a uterus infection

[CYJ]

This is a dreadful disease that can show up anytime and especially on older bitches that have had a good many litters or back-to-back Breedings and litters. There is some hope for a younger brood dog but not so much for an older brood bitch. Once you see the lumps and tumors in the mammary glands with inflammation. About all that can be done is have the bitch dog spaded. If wanting to just keep dog for pet etc.

I had two wonderfully bred and built red/ red nose brood bitches bred off Joe Beal's dogs heavy in his Beal's Ida Red bitch. One was very male looking and built. Looked like a clone of Ferguson's Centipede. Which these dogs were descended from way back.

Both were very high strung, root chewers and diggers to China. LOL Their mouths being constantly in the dirt probably allowed to much bad bacteria into their systems. So even when bred and put up off the ground. The stress of the birthing etc. would in a matter of a few days or so. The milk would go bad and poison the pups. The only litter raised off my Young's Amber bitch was done by Ronale Morris' daughter who was a registered nurse.

After the first- or second-day pups were born. She took the pups off Amber and hand raised them. It was quit a job and Ronale said he would never do that again. I gave one nice big male pup to Mr. Joe Beal. Whom, he named Beal's Southern Johnny Reb and was his last main stud dog he bred off till he passed. I do not know what happen to the rest of that litter and assumed they were put down with the rest of Morris's dogs after that trouble he got into.

I have found once that sort of infection problem start showing up with pups being lost before birth or after. That brood bitch is like a bad milk cow that produces little milk or a hunting dog that back tracks. Best to spade and keep for a pet etc, or put down and move on.

This is just another part and process of the culling of non producing dogs etc. In whatever endeavor they are bred to be used for. To try and correct these sort of serious, recurring problems of certain health issues. Can quickly become the proverbial money cow.

Best to move on to one of your younger and healthier brood dogs. Yet, I know how it feels, been there and done that. I wanted just one more litter off my Young's Face bitch, Face was too old and her whole female system was too old. All things under this sun has a end sooner or later. Take Care and good luck.