just wondering if anyone has heard of this my bitch was having her second litter we got her scan at 7 weeks by mobile scanner recommended on this site which showed 7 puppies which we could see,she went into labour last night and gave birth to 2 dead pupiies this morning nothing else happened for a while so we took her to emergency vet who xrayed her but there was no pups left vet said she wouldnt have absorbed so late in pregnancy so she doesnt understand what has happened to the other 5 we were there when she got scanned  2 weeks ago and could see pups we are stumped and dont know what has gone wrong.She is going to get opened up tomorrow and cleaned out and spayed so she will be alright but at the moment keeps crying for her pups.thanks for reading

Sorry cant help,but just wanted to say sorry for your girlies loss...how sad.

thanks all devestated here feel so sorry for her she doesnt know what to do with herself

Maybe ring round some local vets so they can keep their ears out for motherless puppies? So sorry to hear about this.

thanks for your reply we are at vets tomorrow so we'll see what he suggests.

sorry i canrt help ,just wanted to say how sorry i am ! x

thank you

Don't have an answer for you, but I had a girl that had only one pup, that lived less than a day.  She pined awful, and it was so upsetting to hear her cry.

I had to bite the bullet and get her over it.  Less food, more exercise, toys removed etc.   It broke my heart, but I had to get her milk dried up, and get her interacting with the rest of the gang again.  I hated being practical, but it was best for Rosie.

6 years ago we lost a litter very similar circumstances, my bitch was scanned at 5 weeks, we clearly saw 8+ pups, she started bleeding so I feared the worst, she was scanned twice weekly right up to day 51 when my vet confirmed the litter had 'gone' day 56 she delivered 2 mummified dead pups but no sign of the other 6.  2 WEEKS later she passed another two, but that was it.  She was put on a course of very strong AB's, it was never suggested opening her up though to clean her out, 2 years after she went on to have a healthy litter of 8 again, with no problems.  She has now been spayed.

I did actually take pictures of the mummified pups, they looked like miniature pups curled up in the foetal position, but very black, about the size of a golf ball.

It took her about 2 weeks before she stopped mourning her pups, we just tried to get her back to her normal routine, removing any soft toys etc that would remind her of her babies, lots of extra walks once she recovered.

I've heard of this. Friend's Bitch scanned at 5 weeks and had 8+ puppies, but when section eventually done, only one huge dead puppy.

As I understood it a bitch can absorb up to the 6 week mark so that makes sense.

I'm sorry to read about your bitch.

My bitch was scanned at 4 and 5 weeks and we saw 6 pups on the first scan and 5 on the second one, so we continued as normal and they were due last Wednesday.  She is fatter etc and I had no reason to assume that she had lost them.  She has had no discharge, no temperature, and has been very well, so when she went over a couple of days, we took her to the Vet who scanned and xrayed her, and there was not 1 puppy in there   I was shocked and gutted.

The more people I have spoken to about this, I've realised that this isn't entirely uncommon but I'd assume that my bitch would have shown some signs of distress or illness, but she hasn't.  She doesn't seem any the wiser tbh.

I hope you can get your girl sorted out, it must be very distressing for you all xx

sorry to hear about your bitch i hope she is alright meg is getting better now she was still panting thinking she was in labour till yesterday but has stopped now she,s beeen the vets everyday for ab and toxicarp to make sure nothing seeped into her blood but she is a lot brighter had a little play yesterday but wont go for a walk she still thinks she has pups and is guarding them but vet said she will get over this soon and when she is better she will be spayed dont want to go through this again.

How devastating for you & your girl.  I hope she gets over it quickly.  I think dogs forget quicker than us humans - sending you cyber hugs.