My dog passed a dead puppy days after birth. What should I do?

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I have a rottwiler that just gave birth to 12 puppies 2 still born and we lost one yesterday morning she had cleft plate. She started giving birth at 6pm Saturday evening last puppy at 8am sunday evening. She is eating, drinking, peeing, pooping and too my surprise at 7pm Monday night she just passed a dead puppy. She did have the greenish discharge after birth but do discharge since. Pet's info: Dog | Rottweiler | Female | 170 lbs

Bobbi Musgrove, DVM · Accepted Answer

I'm so sorry you have lost some of Tanina's puppies. A dark green discharge can be seen for a couple days after delivery of a litter of puppies normally. My greatest concern is that she may still have some puppies in her uterus and ultimately this could cause a serious infection for Tanina. Since she is otherwise acting very normally, you may safely monitor her until your regular veterinarian can see her tomorrow. An x-ray can be taken very quickly to check for evidence of any remaining puppies in the uterus. If she starts showing signs of straining to pass another puppy, starts vomiting or acting very anxious or unusual, have her examined by a veterinarian right away.

My dog passed a dead puppy days after birth. What should I do?

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