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[SteelyDan]

I saved a bitch with an open pyometra with prostaglandin about 2 years ago. The treatment itself almost killed her. The vet I used then, said to hit her with it and the next morning, if no "bad discharge", hit her again and do this until it was finished. I had to hit her 3 times. Each time, was terrible. The vomiting and what it does to the dog is way worse than the actual infection.....or appears to be. It did save her life and uterus. However, I honestly do not believe she'll ever have a pup. She's had 4 heat cycles since then. All very weak, no swelling, no flagging. I bred her on one where she "kinda" flagged, nothing.

Best of luck mound.....I'd like to know the suggest treatment for a closed one. The only closed I had, I put down.

Read the pdf I posted.

[Officially Retired]

Had a buddy who claims a bitch of his had a vaginal infection and that THAT caused the pups eyed to no open early enough and one of the pups come out blind. He says his vet said the vaginal infection was the cause. Any validity to that? What about treatment for Vag Infect?

Sure, infections can affect pups coming out ... same as they can kill the sperm on the way in, preventing the pups even from being alive.

Again, the preventative treatment for possible vaginal infection is in the (apparently still unread) portion of The Pit Bull Bible: Chapter 10; Animal Husbandry & Raising Pups; Preparation of the Female. I have even put the article here on this website.

I give a specific preparatory protocol to follow before breeding any bitch, specifically to prevent any vaginal/mammary infections.

I also gave that same specific preparatory protocol in my (still apparently unwatched) video on the same subject: Preparing the Female.

Again, I have always tried to be prepared ... and that is what I try to show folks who haven't yet got the experience.
However, as with gameness in a dog, the person has to want to take the time read, want to take the time to learn, etc.

All I can do is put the information out there ... I can't force a person to read it / watch it / or learn from it.

That part is on them,

Jack

[Officially Retired]

Read the pdf I posted.

That really is a good find, Dan, and well worth the read.
The article is extensive, and exhaustive, but a person has to care enough to read it
It gives statistics, symptoms, everything.

Relevant to the discussion here, and the need for a vet, this article states: "Each case of uterine disease in the bitch has primary to be considered as an emergency because of its potential of uterine rupture and death from septicemia," which is pretty much what I said in the beginning ... and is why I got so wound-up over the "sit around and do nothing" protocol ...

I will re-post the article again here: http://www.blendivet.de/PDFs/Pyometra.pdf


Edit: The reader will note that I said treatment for closed pyometra can be done, but it's rough and not often successful. Well, in support of this, according to this report the success rate is only 31% (16 succeeded out of 53 treated) for closed pyometra (compared to a 94% success rate in open). However, the good news is all 16 that successfully treated were able to whelp pups

[No Quarter Kennel]

Sure, infections can affect pups coming out ... same as they can kill the sperm on the way in, preventing the pups even from being alive.

Again, the preventative treatment for possible vaginal infection is in the (apparently still unread) portion of The Pit Bull Bible: Chapter 10; Animal Husbandry & Raising Pups; Preparation of the Female. I have even put the article here on this website.

I give a specific preparatory protocol to follow before breeding any bitch, specifically to prevent any vaginal/mammary infections.

I also gave that same specific preparatory protocol in my (still apparently unwatched) video on the same subject: Preparing the Female.

Again, I have always tried to be prepared ... and that is what I try to show folks who haven't yet got the experience.
However, as with gameness in a dog, the person has to want to take the time read, want to take the time to learn, etc.

All I can do is put the information out there ... I can't force a person to read it / watch it / or learn from it.

That part is on them,

Jack

I've read the preparation part in the book Jack, I was just curious about the treatment of a vaginal infection in comparison to the treatment of Pyometra. I know how to treat Pyometra now, but not a vaginal infection. I've read the preparation portion of the book and won't breed one of my dogs without going through those steps, but I wanted to know the treatment of vaginal infection and not the prevention of.

Just trying to converse and learn.....that's all.

[No Quarter Kennel]

Mmound come on here originally saying he had a vaginal infection. My buddy said he had one....not a tight friend, just a guy I know really, so I'd rather ask here as to the treatment of a vag infection.
Is there a "flushing" or anything like that or is it, dare I say, strictly an antibiotic situation? The specificity of my question pertains to the actual infection and not the prevention and while I agree, preventative measures are best, it is doing my "due diligence", is it not, to know how to treat it should it occur? Not smart assing Jack,,,,,genuinely wanting to know. It's Friday, I have a half day at work with chores later on and wanted to see what I could learn.

Thanks

[mmound]

Had surgery she made it. But she can never have pups.

[No Quarter Kennel]

Sorry about that Mmound.

[SteelyDan]

I assume she needed to be spayed? Very few vets keep up with newer techniques and even fewer are willing to try something with a low probability.

[mmound]

Yeah SteelyDan spayed.Can pyometra be inherited? I just found out her mother had it.

[SteelyDan]

I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that hormone imbalances can be inherited. I've never seen evidence to suggest it. I've seen rhesus monkey tests that show prolapse is inherited.