Bearing of Cane Corso puppy is followed by appearance of
secundines. In some cases secundines comes out of maternal
passages a little later, already when a following puppy draws the
first breath. Generally, secundines is eaten by Cane Corso
mother.
Cane
Corso bitch may even eat the puppies which were just born
by her and these are the consequences of a so-called labor shock.
Therefore an owner watching the labor process must be attentive to
the utmost in order to keep the puppies alive.
In puerperal period Cane Corso bitch have reddish or
greenish discharge from her genitals then this discharge whitens
and at the end of 2-3 weeks disappears completely. In certain
cases infant Cane Corso puppies may need help. So, Cane Corso
mother, getting her posterity may look absolutely detached and
therefore she does not attempt to care for her babies.
Such situation happens if parturient process was very fast or on
the contrary delayed and the dog got too tired if she labored for
the first time, etc. If Cane Corso bitch did not manage or
did not have time to release her puppies from birth membranes then
her owner may do it on his own account by quickly pulling apart
the bag of waters near the head of each newborn puppy and then
clean its body, mouth and nose from slime. For that one should use
small gauze tampons.
