Mastitis In Dogs - A Toy Breed Case

Mastitis is an infection of the milk ducts. Also called 'mammitis' or 'mastadenitis. Mastitis during nursing can be caused by a breast (teat) engorgement (swelling). Mastitis is a blocked milk duct. You may see  cracked or damaged skin or tissue around the nipple. Bacteria gets inside, either by a crack, or even through the pours, and can come up suddenly, even if the teat is not engorged. An engorged breast is a mild form of mastitis. Mastitis, if not treated can lead to gangrene mastitis. Gangrene mastitis is caused by a bacteria that does not require oxygen to grow (anaerobic bacteria). The skin turns black and dies leaving a huge hole that will drain puss-blood. The dam will have a high temperature and needs antibiotics. This results in the dam loosing the teat. If your dam develops mastitis, begin treatment immediately to avoid it turning into gangrene mastitis.

Tuesday morning this dam woke to a very HARD lump under her teet. Her milk ducts had become plugged and mastitis had rapidly set in. Her teat was not impacted with milk, but it had gone quickly to mastitis missing the step of an undrained teet. Why this happens.? It is random. Bad luck.

This is the start of mastitis in a toy breed. When you compare the teet with mastitis with the others it is very obvious there is an infection. This can can come up suddenly, even if the teat is not engorged.

Picture shows day 2. Notice the blood mixed with puss.

You have to drain the infected teet 3x a day.

By Wednesday the teet was producing pure puss. Notice the puss mixed with blood coming from the teet.

Thursday the teet still contained puss. Here you can see both puss and milk coming out of the infected teet. It looks like there is one clear duct with white milk and the others are infected with puss coming out.

This can be serious. The dam could lose the teet. We have had experience with the issue and knew to immediately start the dam on antibiotics, hot packs and draining.

A hot-warm pack should be placed on the infected teet 4 times a day. This bag of IV fluid works very well. Just zap the bag in the microwave. Make sure the bag is not too hot to where it would burn the skin. Test it on your own wrist before placing it on the dam.

This picture shows a heat pack being placed on a dog's teet with mastitis.

Once the dam is on antibiotics it is safe to let the 2 larger pups suck on the teat to help clear up the infection.

You will have a very hard time clearing the infection of the teet is not sucked on.

It may take some encouraging on your part as the pups will prefer the other teets over that one.

YEAH ! ! ! Success! Friday morning we are back to milk.

You can still feel the hard lump way up under her teet. She will need to be on antibiotics for a while still.

This is a very happy ending thanks to acting fast. Experience has taught us that the faster you act the quicker you can turn this around. Remember, an impacted teet that was not drained can lead to mastitis and sometimes mastitis just happens. You have to be monitoring your dams teets regularly.

Courtesy of MistyTrails Mastiff's

Although this section is based on a whelping of an English Mastiff, it also contains good general whelping information in large breed dogs. You can find more whelping information in the links above. The links below tell a story about Sassy, an English Mastiff. Sassy has a wonderful temperament. She loves humans and Adores human children. An all around mild mannered, wonderful Mastiff. Sassy however is not the best mother towards her puppies, she is not rejecting them, she will nurse them when a human places them on her to feed, however she will not clean the pups or pay any attention to them. It is as if, they are not her puppies. This litter is getting moms milk, with major human interaction, manually giving each and every pup what they need. In return, the pups will be super socialized and will make remarkable pets, however the work involved is astounding. It takes one dedicated breeder to keep this situation healthy. Thankfully this litter has just that, a dedicated breeder. Read the links below to get the full story. There is a wealth of info that everyone can appreciate and benefit from. C-Section in a Large Breed Dog Newborn Puppies... What you need Whelping Mastiff Puppies One to Three Days Old Things do not always go as planned (imperforate anus) Orphaned Litter (not the plan) 10 Days Old Plus ++ 3 Week Old Puppies Puppies 3 Weeks - time to start potty training Puppies 4 weeks old Puppies 5 weeks old Puppies 6 weeks old Puppies 7 weeks old Socializing the Puppies Mastitis in Dogs Whelping Large Breed Dogs Main Whelping, a new found respect

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