Sometimes puppies within the first few days of birth begin to whimper continually, lose interest in suckling and do not thrive. If left untreated, they die. This condition is sometimes erroneously ascribed to so-called “acid milk” in the dam; actually, it is normal for all bitches to have acid milk. Although baby puppies may die from many causes—cold, lack of milk, injury at birth, too long “on the way”, amongst others—when the above symptoms occur they are probably due to a streptococcal or staphylococcal infection.
Only immediate measures will be of avail. This naturally requires the attention of the veterinary surgeon as antibiotics may be required.
In addition, many puppies are lost through lack of warmth at whelping time or during the first week or two, so keep the kennel or whelping room very warm, supplying a covered hot water-bottle in the whelping bed in winter.
Every puppy is born in a kind of bag and if this is not broken quickly at the head of the puppy it will die.
When a bitch invariably produces her young very slowly, and the puppies die as a result, parturition can often be “speeded up” with specific injections.
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