My dog delivered puppies 6 hours ago. I feel one still inside. Is it stuck?

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My dog has delivered 9 puppies, with the 1st being stillborn. It's been 6 hours and I can still feel a puppy inside her. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 4 months old | 15 lbs

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA · Accepted Answer

If it's been six hours since the last puppy was born and you believe Ahavala still has at least one more pup inside her, this is an emergency - she needs to be seen at an emergency clinic tonight for further evaluation (a physical exam, and likely x-rays and/or ultrasound) to determine if there is in fact another pup present. If so, she will almost certainly need an emergency c-section to remove it. here should generally be no more than two hours at most between puppies once a mother dog has started delivering, so a delay of this long is not normal and requires veterinary intervention.

My dog delivered puppies 6 hours ago. I feel one still inside. Is it stuck?

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