we had a Schnauzer that got milk fever right after the babies were born and we had to feed all their babies feed all the babies there were five and there were four of them that survived
If we fed them milk from the sick Schnauzer, the babies would have perished. 
mnli hypothesis: If we fed them milk from the sick Schnauzer, the babies would have perished.  premise: we had a Schnauzer that got milk fever right after the babies were born and we had to feed all their babies feed all the babies there were five and there were four of them that survived