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Old 07-09-2007, 11:50 PM   #12 (permalink)
Peggy
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Originally Posted by glencorgi View Post
Unfortunately this is showing up during c-sections. Pembrokes are not the easiest of whelpers and require a lot of assistance (and c-sections), although our friend from NZ will dispute this fact, he's not spent any time in a whelping box either.
I'll second that! I've found that in Pems at least, there's about a 50% c-section rate. Corgis are not easy whelpers and often need help. At the least they need help in delivery and getting the puppies started.

Uterine inertia is not uncommon at all.

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