I just had a litter of 8 (well not me personally....) and one female was born tailless. There is not even a stub -- just like one deformed little vertabra sticking up. The area is completely furred over. This bitch has had several previous litters with no problems & no lost pups. This pup is doing fine -- healthy & eating.
Niomi Smith Webboard User Reg: 04-20-2009
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I have a friend who breeds Leonbergers and had something similar happen.
One of her females gave birth via c-section to one, very big, and healthy pup. He was missing his right paw up to his elbow. Because she did an ultrasound, and the pup appeared to have all fours in the ultrasound, the vet thought that maybe the umbilical cord had gotten wrapped around the paw, cut off circulation causing the limb to die, then the half-leg was re-absorbed.
He went on to be a very healthy happy guy, who weighed 120lbs by 8 months old and kept up with all the other dogs without any issues.
I wonder if this could have happened here?
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I was asked to expand on this idea. Every now and again a puppy/person/cat/horse is damaged at the early stages of fetus development. Sometimes (and I believe most cases in dogs) these puppies are reabsorbed completely by their mother, sometimes a part is reabsorbed or doesn't quite form correctly.
Breeding isn't something for the weak stomached. Sometimes I'll hear about puppies born missing a hind end, a front leg, and even in one case without a head. Missing tails are by far the most common though happily.
It's nothing that can be prevented just as in children, it just happens from time to time in chance. A friend of the family is expecting a grandchild this fall who will just simply lack a left hand.
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