21/08/2026
💚Spot's Caesarean Section💚
On Saturday 8th of August, we helped Spot bring her puppies into the world 🌍
Spot had presented to our clinic overnight for dystocia (difficulty giving birth) she had managed to pass one puppy naturally, and then stopped giving birth. Spot was given oxytocin to help stimulate the uterus to contract, and the owners decided to take her home where she is more settled, unfortunately this did not work and Spot was brought back to the clinic in the morning 👩⚕️
Following an examination and a quick scan of the puppies heartbeats revealed that the puppies were in distress, their heartbeat rates were very slow and only 2 puppies heartbeats could be seen, making us think the worst ☹️
Spot's owners allowed us to rush her to surgery to hopefully remove the puppies safely and make an attempt to revive them.
Our amazing vet, Ioana performed the surgery and brilliant RVN Julia monitored the anaesthetic. RVN Maddie and SVN Amber were on standby ready to revive the puppies once they were extracted from the uterus 💚
We are happy to say that all the puppies survived, some puppies had very slow heartbeats at first of 30-40bpm, after lots of nursing intervention, all puppies were soon squeaking, latching onto mum and bright 🥰
Responsible breeding is the most important thing here, Spot's owners understood the gravity of the situation and got her the surgery she needed. When you are thinking of breeding a pet, please make sure you have thought about the possibility of a caesarian section, as this can happen to any breed 🐶
Thank you to Spot's owners for allowing us to share her story 💚