Hello all.. I'm rather curious if anyone knows an answer to this...
About 6 months ago, we got in a pregnant female. She welped 10 beautiful babies.. She killed all but 3... Pushed them away.. laid on them..
When they were 2 months old, she died. We had a necropy done and they said she died due to systemic infection... 3 weeks later our entire kennel broke with Canine Influenza.
When the 3 pups were spayed, all three came up with an infection in the uterus. They're healthy now.
It still boggles me as to why she would kill her pups. We don't think she was a first time mama. She was healthy throughout the pregnancy and ate like a wolf. She lost weight pretty bad when she finally had them.
Just curious if anyone has any idea why she may have done this?