The circled pup is an Olde English Bulldogge water puppy.
"These babies were in a litter of six Olde English Bulldogge puppies. Three pups were huge and three were tiny. This is a picture of two pups that were born dead. There was a huge size difference between them, one was very large and the other was a preemie size. The huge pup was her second pup, and the small was her third pup. The first pup born was just as tiny as the third puppy. My opinion is that it took her too long to have the huge pup. In fact, she needed help to get him out; this caused both to die (too long to be born and too much stress on them). We only had the one water baby he was the fourth pup to be born. The next two pups were the only ones who survived. The first pup did not have enough desire/strength to live. I tried really hard to save it. Unfortunately, it ended up getting squashed. The fifth and sixth pups were also different sizes; now at 8 weeks old the smaller pup has just about caught up to his bigger brother."
Healthy puppies born in the same litter.
Two of the healthy puppies born in the same litter.
"In 33 years of Yorkshire Terriers I have had 1% death ratio until 2019 I first hand witnessed Anasarca with my proven female and proven sire unrelated . Xray showed 4 healthy pups. 3 were born natural on exact due date and then a long pause in labour of 4hours, My girl did give natural birth to 6.8 oz water baby with back leg deformity dead on arrival. I researched more into Anasarca and was surprised that is is known in other breeds other than Bulldogges. I have done water samples and soil samples and both sire and dam are DNA tested. I spoke with my reproduction vet whom states “ It just Happens.” Not happen with that answer I reached out to Embark DNA lab there reply was “ currently there is no marker for Anasarca as of yet.” I immediately switched from the brand name Breeder food program I was loyally on for a decade and went back to feeding raw 80/10/10."
"The same mother dog and same stud have had a successful repeat litter with healthy pups. "
A big thank-you to the breeders who shared their stories on their experience with water puppies.
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