Worse case scenario... if a young healthy female has a first litter of 48hr puppies and the female might have an infection.. can she still nurse the puppies? say there might be a puppy still inside her that is dead... just thinking worse case... in the event of the worse case scenario... she cant nurse... how easy/hard is it to tube feed and how often does it get done? is it hard to tube feed? do the puppies get taken from the mom? then next question is this when you have to also care for the puppies and get them to urine/deficate etc... with warm cloth? or can the mom still do all this? one of my friends this was her first litter and i never had this happen so i feel so bad.. not sure what to do :( thanks!! DM ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================