Nine weeks after the birth of an all dead litter, my bitch is still passing a mucus/blood discharge daily, perhaps the equivilant of one teaspoon. Any idea why?

Hello,

I have enjoyed reading your website, thank you for all the wonderful information.

I do hope that you will be able to answer my queries regarding my 3.5 year old rottweiler bitch.

She is of excellent pedigree and holds multiple champion titles, after very careful planning and consideration, she was mated in September to a proven stud dog. Her pregnancy seemed to go perfectly, textbook even.

She felt great and was in superb condition and health apart from recurring diarrhea. I could feel the a puppy kicking on each side if I rested my hand gently on her tummy, this kicking ceased sometime during the 8th week and she did not gain any size after that time. I assumed that the puppies were becoming quiet because there wasn't much space left inside. On day 61, she went into early labour and was rushed to the vet for a c-section when a dark oil like discharge appeared. She delivered one fully developed but small dead puppy and one very small puppy with a partially formed spine enroute to the vets (these were delivered within seconds of each other). When she was sectioned there was another pup in the birth canal, he was the largest although still a little small and was fully formed but dead. All the pups were encased in meconium filled sacs and the pups themselves were discoloured. She later passed what appeared to be an afterbirth but on examination it was actually a half formed pup, (head, shoulders & front legs, the back end was still like a fetus).

I am told that these things can happen and have not received any real answers as to what may have been the cause of death for the puppies.

My main concern is that 9 weeks after the birth, my bitch is still passing a mucus/blood discharge daily, perhaps the equivalent of one teaspoon. This usually occurs on urination, although her bed is often stained. She has been treated with antibiotics twice and my vet feels that it is not a cause for concern, she seems otherwise to be in excellent health and condition. I do hope to mate her again, although she will be skipping a season. She usually comes into season every four months and bleeds for 21-25 days, I am told that this is not the norm.

I would greatly appreciate if you can shed any light on this matter. The wellbeing of my girl is my main priority.

Thank you in advance.

Tara