Guest lurcher-lass Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 nice lukkin pups Quote Link to post
collie/grey 238 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I've had a litter fade away like that, it was terrible, we didn't know what it was until we did research and yes we found out that the main cause of FPS is canine herpes. There is an injection that bitches can have against this now. 7 days after being mated and another jab 14 days before welping. We bred the same bitch again with the jabs and all the pups survived and were as healthy and strong as a normal litter. Those pups are beautiful though, at least you had survivors. Quote Link to post
shell 42 Posted April 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 collie/grey - yeah the vet was telling us about the injections. You can also have dogs blood tested to see if they have it. The owner of the stud dog is having him tested because he was wanting to use him at stud in the future. As for Atol, I very much doubt we'll breed from her again, but if we do, we'll have her tested too. it's likely though that Atol will have built up an immunity to the virus and may possibly have future litters without any problems. We've learnt a lot from this experience! Like you say, we've got 3 healthy survivors to focus on now. Shell Quote Link to post
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