There seems to be quite a varied opinion on this. how long do you try to resuscitate puppies for? bearing in mind of brain damage etc

I worked on one puppy for 2 hours, over 3 years ago.  The bitch was fine with the rest of litter, so wasn't taking much notice of me.  I just wouldn't give up on him, swinging him like a lamb, heart massage, mouth to mouth.

He went to live in a vicarage, and the vicar even used to mention their new family member in church!  :-)

I've had some really slow to breathe pups but have found no correlation with that and their mental or physical development.

What would you class as slow to breathe and I am right in presuming that their hearts continued to beat through the resuc?

Always a heartbeat albeit slow........ but with no breath sounds and no heart sounds = clinically dead.

> What would you class as slow to breathe

Gasping or absent breath sounds, needing resus and then regular encouragement to keep lungs inflated, some take irregular breaths with long gaps. When a normal breathing pattern is established heart rate is normally in sychrony.

If a Pup is showing signs of life, I won't give up under any cicumstances. Unfortunately I lost a pup 2 years ago...it was born out of the sac, & the cord was broken. Vet said it had sustained brain damage while being born & sadly it lost its fight for life on day 3 :( Curiousy, Mum showed no interest in the pup at all, it was as if she 'just knew' it wouldn't survive :( On another occasion I worked for over an hour on a seemingly lifeless pup while my neighbour got on with helping her girl whelp the rest of the litter. Just little gasps of breath at first, but with warmth & rubbing with a towel, the little fella pulled through :) It was probably the most rewarding thing I've ever done! (apart from having my own kids of course) :)

ive worked on a pup for about 2h and as been fine ,he grew to be a big lad and works very well , ive also had pups born ,worked on them for about an hour and stoped ,you just know when their not going to pull though :(

ive brought one back.felt like hours but it was more like 40 minutes.i wasnt giving up for nothin!!
she was born last and 3 hours after the last puppy(before her).she was born and i dried her all off as bitch juat went back to feeding the other pups.she was limp and gasping for breath i gave mouth to mouth and was rubbing and holding her up in the air and swinging her down.i had never done this ever before and do not know how i knew to do it either.
she lived and now lives with a couple who im really good freinds with now.lucky lucy lol.

I offered to deliver for a friend that was at a wedding.  first born was a huge boy who decided to not respond for about 40 mins.  I rubbed (& prayed) and eventually he responded.  afterwards I was surprised at how calm I stayed. it was scarier afterwards.