A 1-year-old Dachshund cannot give birth - caesarean section Pt 1/7
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 2017-10-04

Oct 4, 2017. Mid-Autumn Festival. Full moon. Bright clear moon with halo and cool evening. A 10.30 pm phone call from breeder. The Dachshund dam passed some blood but no puppy. Heavily pregnant, bursting abdomen.

 lst litter. Temperature 37.8C at clinic. Emergency Caesarean Section. 7 live pups all within water bag delivered. Breeder most happy. Dam has milk. 60th day. All OK. Went home near midnight.

Gas isoflurane only. Dachshund was heavily pregnant. The breeder expected excellent outcomes. Surgery need to be fast and well done. The left uterine horn near the uterine body was incised with 4 cm length. All 7 puppies were milked out from this incision.

I did not pull out the whole uterus as some vets are taught to do so.This would mean a very long skin incision of over 10 inches long.  I incised the skin for a shorter length of around 4 inches in length. So the skin stitching is faster too..