My pregnant dog isn't eating!!!

[BC_MoM]

Yes, it is. And most of them will probably die or have major problems.

My cousins dogs had a litter together: brother and sister. They had 6 puppies and only 1 lived past a week old.

[wolfsoul]

Unfortunaly the problem with siblings having puppies is that you are not only doubling up on the good genes, but the bad ones as well. Because she probably has a questionable pedigree with some health and temperment issues in the background, these are likely to pop up in the puppies.

There was a litter of goldens born here, out of littermates. I believe only one of the puppies wasn't put to sleep. Even at a young age these puppies displayed such strong aggression issues they couldn't even be touched. If one dog in the background had aggression issues, you are basically taking that one dog and doubling it up in the pedigree, so that the liklihood of aggression problems will be stronger. Same goes for health, and unfortunatly you have an unhealthy breed/s, very prone to joint disease, spinal problems, eye disease, etc

[sumbirdy]

Actually not every brother/sister mating results in puppies that have deformities or even severe behavior problems. It really depends on the parents. I know several litters of this kind where all the puppies ended up normal. How do you think they got so many dogs of one breed? The had to interbreed them. I'm not saying that there won't be deformities,health problems, or behavior problems because there could be. But they still have the chance of being normal. As to the eating...you said you didn't have enough money for spaying so you probably don't have the money for a vet visit right? They don't charge for phone calls so just call them to get their suggestions and if it is very serious then maybe you can work out a payment plan. I've had lots of experience with that.

[catnapper]

I'm sorry you are having financial issues, but NOT spaying her has now just brought 100 times the financial burden than spaying her would have. No matter where you live, there are free or reduced cost spay clinics available. Finances is too easy and excuse for not spaying her. Unfortunately you are learning this lesson the hard and expensive way. Hopefully she won't have complications but it sounds as if she already is. Instead of $200 surgery to spay her, this could run into the thousands and you might still lose her.

[critter crazy]

I'm sorry you are having financial issues, but NOT spaying her has now just brought 100 times the financial burden than spaying her would have. No matter where you live, there are free or reduced cost spay clinics available. Finances is too easy and excuse for not spaying her. Unfortunately you are learning this lesson the hard and expensive way. Hopefully she won't have complications but it sounds as if she already is. Instead of $200 surgery to spay her, this could run into the thousands and you might still lose her.

I agree 100%!!! spending the money to spay her would have saved you more money in the long run, and not be as risky! You are in a huge risk, of loosing your dog. If you couldnt afford to pay for these things why did you get the dog?????????????????