My Lab needs a breast reduction | Thread profile

Just weened a litter. Any tips for a speedy reduction. poor girl looks like she is going blow up. I'm already cutting her calories back. Any info in helping her get back in shape would be appreciated. JD

Gee, no replies yet??? Poor 'ol girl looks really uncomfortable too... I'm no expert, but I asked my wife and daughter, and they suggested warm facecloths on them, or possibly manually "expressing" the milk to help take some pressure off. I'd try the first idea myself, as for the second one -- -- maybe you want to ask a vet or vet tech? Good luck to you and "...

She is doing much better now, but i don't see her getting that nice figure she had back.

Sent our last litter home the end of June and our female still has them hanging a little bit. Give it some time and they will go down. As long as she's into it - give her lots of excercise. Mine would run after her ball and you could hear them slappling together (vet told us it was ok) as long as she wanted to run - let her. Good Luck _________________ Lifes to short to hunt with an ...