Senior pregnant dog dropped off at shelter lost the 21 puppies she carried

A senior pregnant Labrador retriever who arrived unresponsive in the back of a pickup on Saturday to the Boone Area Humane Society in Iowa is slowly making progress toward her recovery. Tragically, all 21 puppies she had been carrying died – the last surviving puppy loosed his struggle on Monday.

According to the Boone Area Humane Society, the dog had been parturient for twenty-four hours before she was surrendered to the shelter. She was immediately transferred to the Iowa State University College of medicine for advanced care. She quickly went into labor and delivered two puppies; one was stillborn and then the other died moments later.

“Today we are posing for your help to save lots of this poor mom-to-be. She was delivered to us this morning parturient and is showing signs of septic shock. We rushed her to ISU College of Vet Med where she is currently being treated. The veterinarians tell us she has several puppies inside her still with strong heartbeats but this momma is in very serious shape and requires an emergency C-section to undertake to save lots of puppies and mom. They believe she’s been parturient for over 24 hours now.

As you’ll imagine, the value for emergency care and C-section is extremely expensive, between $5,000 – $8,000. We might be so grateful for any amount you’ll donate today to assist her. you’ll donate here on this post or at our website at https://bahs.us/donate/.

There is an ongoing investigation at this point on how the dog was left to suffer, we’ll share more details later. But we believe she deserves a fighting chance and as well as your help mom and her pups will get that!,” the organization posted on their social media page.

The eight-year-old dog had an emergency C-section and coded twice after surgery, however veterinarians were ready to stabilize her. She required a transfusion with packed red blood cells and plasma. She has had many litters in the past and will are enjoying retirement now due to her age instead of someone continuing to breed her.

Immediately after the 21 previous puppies were born, only 12 remained alive and got transfusions from their mother’s antibodies hoping to offer them an opportunity at life. Two days later, despite the simplest care and efforts of the staff, the last puppy died. His survival had been an extended shot, but everyone had hoped for a miracle. The good news is that the mother dog is doing better. She remains weak, but she got up and went outside today! they’re beginning to wean her off pain meds and fluids, plus her blood work looks good too.

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The Boone Animal Humane Society says it’ll do what it can to file charges against whoever they believe is liable for allowing the older dog to urge pregnant. They know who the dog’s owner is, but aren’t releasing any details at this point . Sadly, Iowa has very “weak animal protection laws, it’s always an uphill battle.”

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