Causes of Death in Newborn Puppies

The physical immunity of a newborn puppy is particularly weak, and many factors can easily lead to the phenomenon of dog death, such as being unable to intake enough breast milk, resulting in hypoglycemic shock and death; bacterial infection at the umbilical cord site, causing abdominal inflammation and death due to systemic inflammatory response.

Causes of Death in Puppies

Newborn puppies will have the amniotic fluid of the mother dog in their nostrils and mouth. If it is not cleaned thoroughly, it will affect the puppy's breathing and lead to suffocation. Experienced mother dogs will lick their faces after giving birth to puppies. Generally speaking, the last born puppies are the weakest, and some mother dogs will actively abandon the last puppy, causing the puppy to die due to lack of milk.

Signs of Death in Puppies

The signs of death in puppies vary depending on the cause of death. High or low white blood cell counts that don't rise or fall; acute symptoms in dogs, such as vomiting blood, bleeding diarrhea, seizures, drooling; weak breathing, reduced heart rate, and faint heartbeat. These are all signs of death in dogs.

How to Care for Newborn Puppies

If the dog mother takes care of the newborn puppies herself, we can worry less. We just need to make their living space warm and pay attention to whether the dog mother will press on the puppies. If the dog mother is unable or unwilling to care for the puppies, we need to take on the role of the dog mother. The first priority is warmth, ensuring their living space is very warm. Second, they need to be fed sheep milk every two hours. Almost every four hours, we need to help the puppies defecate and urinate. We can use a cotton swab dipped in warm water to gently wipe their anus and urethra to stimulate urination and defecation.