i have just become the proud owner of a 7 week old x breed bitch. she is english bull terrier cross.
i asked all the right questions i feel before i got her, such as what diet is she on, what routeen have they got her used to at present.

i saw the mother and she looked very well and healty. there were 2 left in the litter, my bitch and another bitch who was a bit smaller.

she came to me this morning and so far i have bedded her down in a puppy crate in a quite part of the house where i am slowly goign to untroduce her my 2 cats and my little girl.

she was kept out side in her breeders home and left to just get on with it. a plus to this is that when i take her out to the garden she goes to toilet as soon as her feet touch the cold concreate.

i plan on introuducing gradually nature diet puppy, as at present she is on predigree puppy dry.

anyhow she appears to have a hernia. i can feel a v small hole in her abdominal wall and a small bit of gut seeps through under the skin. i am able to push the gut back in. she looks well and is well coverd and rounded. i am taking her to the vets on moday to start her vacs and have a check up and i will obviously mention the hernia then.

however im sure i can rememebr reading somewhere that pups can get them and that they can end up closing up on there own.

just wondering what peopel knwo about henias. just to say that had she been ill with it i would of had her at the emergency vet today, but it appears to be something thats been there since birth.

If it is small (about the size of a 5p piece) it will more than likely close on it's own or once she's larger, be much less noticable. If it's large (about the size of a 10p piece) she may need an operation to close it when she is older.

Either way I wouldn't worry as it shouldn't affect her development.

the hole feel about the size of a 5 p if that.

thankyou for the advice.

I have a 5 month old pug dog who has a hernia, I know they can be easily dealt with, but be aware they can cause breathing difficulties if going into chest, my little pug is so tiny for his age and will have to have an operation, we are hoping to get him a bit bigger, and still don't know if he will survive.

its ok, the vet said it was an unbilical hernia and was not worried about it at the moment. he said that he recomended i get the bitch spayed and he will spey through the hernia hole and close it on the way out.

I hae a litter of Bordeaux leave last week, they were born by C-section, my first litter in near 39 years, so very ignorant about the happenings.

Britney came home with her puppies and we  though no problems, the first puppy was born at home no problem them the contraction stopped for around 3 hours this really frightend if, we have always had the bom-bom-bom type every on out like shelling peas.

I do not like to handle puppies to much to start with but at 3 weeks we saw the little bubble of the imibical hernia, on two of the puppies, I let fly at the vet, he said that is was very common with dogs that have c-sections to have umbilical herbias and not the problem,

In the end I offered to pay the vet free for the correction, they pay I will re-emburse . In Britneys last little  we had not problems with one herbia, but my vet has quoted  £60-£80 each,

The hold up for the birth was a 2.7 lb Dogue de Bordeaux puppy that got stuck, he weighed 17.8 . he is one with a hernia.

But the costomer were more than happy to keep there puppies herbia and al

I can only say, that when ever I have had a c-section I too have had umbilical hernias, and if I dont have a c-section I dont get them.
The vets often tear the cords off too close to the abdominal wall.

I have a litter of Bordeaux leave last week, they were born by C-section, my first litter in near 39 years, witch has had to have a c- section so very ignorant about the happenings.

Britney came home with her puppies and we  though no problems, the first puppy was born at home no problem them the contraction stopped for around 3 hours this really frightend if, we have always had the bom-bom-bom type every on out like shelling peas.

I do not like to handle puppies to much to start with but at 3 weeks we saw the little bubble of the imibical hernia, on two of the puppies, I let fly at the vet, he said that is was very common with dogs that have c-sections to have umbilical herbias and not the problem, Do you know if this fact is correct.

In the end I offered to pay the vet free for the correction, they pay, I will re-emburse  all costs. In Britneys last little  we had not problems with one hernia, but my vet has quoted  £60-£80 each,

The hold up for the birth was a 2.7 lb Dogue de Bordeaux puppy that got stuck, he weighed 17.8 . he is one with a hernia.

But the costomer were more than happy to keep there puppies herbia and al