Recently I had a litter out of one nice Rottweiler dog we own and it turned out that after couple of days after birth the pups started to get sick and dehydrated we checked the dam and noticed lack of milk production, the produced milk was of yellowish color and of not normal smell. Immediately we separated the pups and started them with the feeding formula you have suggested in this site, up to know the pups 8 in total are doing fine an gaining weight with great desire to feed.

The Vet has not been able to determine what the cause of the problem with her milk is, we started her with antibiotics but still the milk is not quite normal, this is not the normal so called milk fever, mastitis, eclampsia or other known mammary issues, so we are really concerned about future litters with her as seems this is something very estrange and we started to think it could be that she is predisposed to genetically produce this bad milk.

Have you in your vast experience face a problem like this? What has been your research and what is your advice?

Appreciate any comments.
Thanks a lot.

 Quote: Fabio Calvo

Recently I had a litter out of one nice Rottweiler dog we own and it turned out that after couple of days after birth the pups started to get sick and dehydrated we checked the dam and noticed lack of milk production, the produced milk was of yellowish color and of not normal smell. Immediately we separated the pups and started them with the feeding formula you have suggested in this site, up to know the pups 8 in total are doing fine an gaining weight with great desire to feed.

The Vet has not been able to determine what the cause of the problem with her milk is, we started her with antibiotics but still the milk is not quite normal, this is not the normal so called milk fever, mastitis, eclampsia or other known mammary issues, so we are really concerned about future litters with her as seems this is something very estrange and we started to think it could be that she is predisposed to genetically produce this bad milk.

Have you in your vast experience face a problem like this? What has been your research and what is your advice?

Appreciate any comments.
Thanks a lot.

I am replying only from what I have read (no personal breeding experience):

How do you know there is no sub-clinical or chronic mastitis? What kind of tests were done?

Was the milk tested for bacteria? Did the pups have diarrhea? Was a vaginal smear done? What other tests have been done on the bitch? Was the placenta examined?

What does the dog eat? What was her water consumption like? Did she show any symptoms of infection? How many days into this did you pull these puppies?

Hi and thanks for your questions and interest, we haven’t really perform any serious test on the milk but should do. It’s almost out of it since we separated the pups but still some milk can be extracted.

The bitch never showed any signs of infection or sickness of any type, she had always great attitude and very active during all pregnancy. The whelping process was just fine and pups were delivered without issue. In general everything was apparently fine.

Food was of “good kibble” if we can say there is good kibble, but we also feed raw chicken, quality human suitable hamburger, cooked whole eggs and goat milk.

Chronic mastitis, can this happen?

Thanks again

 Quote: Fabio Calvo

... Chronic mastitis, can this happen?

Thanks again

http://www.gsdhelp.info/breed/mastitis.html

http://www.vetinfo.com/symptoms-mastitis-dogs.html

In both, if you do a word search for chronic, you'll fine it immediately.