Review of 3 Caesarean section cases including the single pup syndrome at the breeder's farm
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 05/08/2017

Sat Aug 5, 2017. I paid a visit to the experienced  breeder to see my 3 Caesarean cases performed as follows:
1. July 31, 2017. 5-year-old Dachshund with dystocia had 4 pups ddelivered by me by C-section . The breeder said the dam is OK. Her milk is very dilute. So the four 5-day-old pups are nursed by the Cavalier King Charles dam. He expected 2 of the pups to pass away soon as they are not suckling well. I advised syringe feeding with goat's milk and keeping warm. 
2. July 18, 2017. Single pup syndrome. The 3-week-old pup is thriving.
3. Around July 11, 2017, one-year-old Corgi had dystocia. On C-section,  4 dead or mummified pups in blackish fluid inside the left uterine horn were already dead. Yet in the right uterine horn, 3   
normal good conditioned pups were inside the normal water bags and  uterine tissues, that is, no blackish fluid. The breeder had made the correct judgement to get the C-section done. The 3 Corgi  pups are well as you can see 2 of them. 

In conclusion, this breeder expected all puppies to be delivered alive during the C-section.  In my case,  I am grateful that all 3 dams and the puppies are OK at the end of the Caesarean section and for the next 3 days. 

The Corgi and the single Dachshund pup are OK. However, for the 3rd case, two of the 5-day-old Dachshund puppies are not thriving as the dam had dilute milk and so the puppies were reared by another dam.