@dukedesu The age of the bitch is not as much of a problem if she’s had litters before! We also have bred bitches as late as 8 but they’ve had more than one litter before. We know they carried a litter, delivered and raised them successfully. But this is a maiden bitch being bred for the first time at seven and by AI no less. This makes ALL the difference in the world. This is dangerous, and if anybody truly loves their dog, then they should put the health and best interest of the dog first. Sometimes you just miss that window of opportunity for one reason or another and you just have to accept that.
It’s actually shocking no one told her the risks or that it wasn’t a good idea. If I had been the owner of the dog and I knew the bitch was 7 and never had a litter, I wouldn’t have even bothered wasting my time and my dog’s semen to send it. I would not want to be part of putting a bitch like that in danger.
Not to mention the owner also sounds inexperienced on breeding dogs in general as well. That’s not a good mix. That bitch, if pregnant would need to be monitored closely for complications.
We had a 8 yr old bitch that hadn’t had a littler in about 3 yrs. She had had 3 successful litters prior. We decided to breed her one more time. As she got closer to her due date she started acting a little strange. She wanted to live in a crate about a week and half out. We let her as she was very happy in a crate. She would go out for potty breaks and some time in the yard but wanted to sleep and spend time in a crate. Her due date came and she went into labor. But she never fully dilated and stopped. We could feel one puppy stuck in the birth canal. We called our vet and took her in. He opened his hospital for us after hours and delivered what had been a litter of 4. She basically had uterine inertia. We got one live puppy, and 3 dead in various stages of development/decay. The puppy caught in the birth canal was born fine. His sack had not broken so he survived, is stunning and we have him to this day. Luckily none of the sacks ruptured so no infection. We had her spayed at the same time. We could have lost her but because we were experienced and were monitoring her closely things turned out okay.