How do you know she didn't just lick the ground somewhere and injest something during a crutial time in development that caused it? Maybe if Mabel's mother had this problem or a sister then you could say it is a genetic problem that's hereditary and I would agree with you about neutering her but killing a good female because of one bad litter is more than a bit extreme.
Many women that have had healthy babies have also had miscarriages and stillborns at some point in their lives. My own grandmother lost a set of twin girls a few years before my father was born. My buddies grandmother had 8 children but had 5 miscarriages during her life. Nature isn't perfect.... and the chance of something going wrong is highest when the mother is very young or very old.
I also wouldn't take her to the university of Penn. They will charge you a fortune and probably still not even give you a definitive answer. Just wait a year and try her again. If she has a healthy litter then great... if not then neutering her and giving her to a family that gun hunts would be the best option. But killing a dog over this is both cruel and stupid. That's the kind of foolish old school thinking that fuels the animal rights activists.
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