| Canine mastitis is a breast infection in brood bitches, | | | | antibiotics and possibly advise hand feeding of the |
| usually occuring a few weeks after whelping. It is not | | | | pups. However, I have found that on getting the |
| that common, but you should be aware of it. The | | | | canine mastitis fever down, she will allow the pups to |
| breasts of a lactating brood bitch are normally warm | | | | nurse again, and feeding from the infected breast will |
| and enlarged, but never red, dark, hot or painful | | | | not affect the pups at all... in fact I've found it helps |
| when touched. Advanced canine mastitis presents as | | | | clean the breast infection out.Invariably the infection |
| a hard, hot and almost black breast segment, which | | | | will cause the breast will rupture out the side, leaving |
| is extremely painful for the brood bitch when | | | | a large open wound which must be cleaned daily. The |
| touched. Canine mastitis can be caused by weaning | | | | antibiotics will prevent further reinfection. You'll find |
| puppies too early, severe scratches from puppies | | | | that when she has litters of puppies in future, she |
| claws or some other infection.A bitch with canine | | | | not produce milk in the breast segment that was |
| mastitis may be running a fever, be listless and | | | | affected by canine mastitis.Russell Savige has 18 |
| possibly be off her food. She may not allow her | | | | years experience as a professional dog breeder. He is |
| puppies to nurse, and if she does, she will be | | | | the owner of Training Dog Breeds, which includes a |
| "snappy" when they touch the affected area.Treating | | | | massive Directory of dog related websites, covering |
| Canine MastitisIf your brood bitch shows signs of | | | | breeds and breeding, training, rearing and health |
| breast infection it may be canine mastitis, so get her | | | | issues in dogs. |
| to your vet immediately. He will prescribe some | | | | |