Accidental Inbreeding by brother sister

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Originally Posted by selzer

...breeding a bitch who is young or otherwise shouldn't be bred...

I think this is the crux of the issue. The bitch in the situation the OP describes is too young to be bred. It doesn't even matter who the sire is; she shouldn't be bred and there's a reason for that, and the puppies may suffer for it in ways that aren't immediately obvious (again, going back to horses...foals from too-young mothers don't necessarily look stunted in their first few years of life, but their performance as adults is consistently lacking).

This bitch shouldn't have been bred. It's further complicated by the fact that the sire shouldn't be bred due to a lack of health testing, and he is also unproven even with more suitable bitches. There's also some speculative evidence that too-young sperm is prone to defects as well, just as the sperm of elderly males is...both genders have their prime, after all.

I think every "oops" litter has to be evaluated individually. I also think this particular one as presented by the OP is kind of sketchy and I'm glad the OP has decided to look for a more reliable breeder.