A typical week at an emergency veterinary clinic will involve at least one C-section. These are not strictly for small breeds. Another draw back to the moneymaking scheme is stud fees. This may not sound like a great deal of money when you are counting on ten or twelve puppies from a large dog. Consider for a moment if your dog only has one puppy or gives birth to twelve still-born puppies.
Most dogs give birth during the calm periods in a house.
This means middle of the night and nine times out of ten, owners never see the actual birth. Think past the cute stage of having newborn puppies, and on to where you are going to place them once they are weaned. Also think of how a child is going to react to losing a puppy they have learned to love. Children are much better off learning the facts of life from a parent or a book than watching a dog. It is a purebred There are millions of purebred dogs in the world.