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Peritonitis in Dogs
As frequent a cause of death as any to female dogs in this general category is the retained placenta. These large lumps of decaying tissue may cause the uterus around them to die too. When that happens the uterus, ruptures and the putrescent material enters the abdomen; peritonitis in dogs develops and without prompt treatment the female dog dies. There is doubtless some dietary connection with the inability to pass the puppies and placenta properly. Female dogs on inadequate diets have such complications much more frequently than those on complete, wholesome diets. Our own nutritional studies indicate that when a known complete and balanced diet was fed, retention of placenta was extremely rare. But years ago among the dogs owned by our clients it was a common difficulty. Many of the dogs had been fed the old meat - and - dog - biscuit or kibble diet; others had been given inadequate assortments of table scraps. Following birth it is important to see that all of the afterbirths are passed. A wise dog owner will sit with the female dog and, as each puppy is born, catch the cord and hold it, exerting a slight pull until the placenta conies out. The female dog may be allowed to cat it without any harm being done and perhaps with some benefit to her. She always will do this if she is left alone. If there are not as many placenta passed as there are puppies, the veterinarian can inject one of several drugs that will help speed up the muscular contractions in the uterus and help force out any afterbirths that remain. Sometimes high douches will remove a placenta, and quite often, as the uterus shrinks and shortens, a veterinarian can feel a retained placenta in the uterus through the abdominal walls, insert a pair of long forceps into the uterus, and re - move it. If retained placenta becomes infected, the condition interferes with milk secretion, produces an elevated temperature, and results in a foul smell and a long, continued discharge from the uterus. It also interferes with future pregnancies and, because of the general debilitating effect on the mother, prevents the proper development of the puppies. When female dogs that have retained placenta recover, it is not unusual to find blackened areas in the uterine wall. It has been observed that those that do recover are generally the ones that have a healthy thirst even though they do not eat during their illnesses. Antibiotics must be given, and judiciously, since the puppies will receive some in their mother's milk.
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Peritonitis in Dogs can cause death to female dogs in few days after whelping litter, frequently because of failure to expel a dead puppy. Often puppies die in the uterus, decompose, and infect the mother, who cannot give birth to them. For example, the mother may have received a blow that killed one or more of the unborn litter. A disease she may have contracted can kill her puppies. Or occasionally one huge puppy will block the birth canal and cause complications of this type. All this is termes as peritonitis in dogs which can be dangerous for the female dogs.