She also recommends feeding your pregnant and nursing dog a high-quality puppy food to ensure her nutritional needs are met. Your pregnant dog is now in stage two of her pregnancy. In this stage, the term for her yet-to-be-born puppies changes from embryos to fetuses. As the fetuses continue to grow and develop organs they will increase dramatically in weight as much as 75 percent! You may notice that she starts to eat smaller meals more often throughout the day.
She may start to shed the hair from her belly. For confirmation of pregnancy, an examination, with ultrasound and possibly X-rays by your veterinarian, is suggested. Once pregnancy is confirmed, proper care of the mother-to-be is very important. Before breeding, make sure she is up to date on all her vaccinations. It is not recommended to vaccinate your dog during pregnancy. Also, make sure she is dewormed and tests negative for a bacteria known as Brucella. This bacteria can cause abortion in dogs and is also contagious to people.
After breeding and conception, most bitches do well during the first 4 to 5 weeks of pregnancy and do not need any special treatments. Things start to change during the last trimester week 5 to 6. The babies start to rapidly develop and this results in a significant nutritional drain on the mother. At this time, you may want to consider gradually changing her diet to a growth type diet or a food specifically made for pregnant or lactating bitches. Continue this diet throughout the remainder of pregnancy and until the puppies are weaned.
Vitamins or other supplements are not recommended nor needed. With a proper diet, your dog will receive the proper amount of nutrients. Excessive amounts can actually result in birth defects. Do not begin feeding your dog a higher calorie food before the last trimester. This can lead to weight gain and fat deposits. This has the potential to cause difficulty in maintaining the pregnancy and can result in problems delivering the puppies.
As the time of delivery approaches, you may want to make a whelping box to provide a safe and clean area for your dog to deliver. Whelping boxes are intended to be easily accessed by the mother but escape proof for the new arrivals.
You can use wood, Formica or any building material that is easy to clean. Make the box large enough for the bitch to comfortably stretch out. Make sure the sides are just low enough for the mother to step over and place the box in a warm, dry, draft-free area.
Her abdomen will increase in size and may sway a little as she walks. At the very end of the pregnancy, you might even be able to see or feel the puppies moving around inside the mother.
By this time, you want to prepare yourself and your dog for whelping, or puppy birthing. The best way to do this is to set up a whelping box. Whelping boxes offer a safe, warm, draft-free, easily cleaned location for your dog to have her puppies. The whelping box should be easy for the mother, but not the puppies, to get in and out of.
Your dog may prefer to have it in a quiet area of the house but in an area that you can have easy access. Once you have purchased or built your whelping box, take some time to get your dog accustomed to it. If this is your first time breeding your dog, talk to your veterinarian about your role during labor, and read and learn what you need to know.
Unless you plan to have an experienced breeder on hand, you will need to be prepared to step in when necessary during the whelping process. Many pregnant dogs close to delivery start to pant heavily.
A drop in rectal temperature usually precedes delivery by about 8-to hours from a normal temperature to Many bitches ready to whelp may not eat or eat very little. Each puppy is born enclosed in its placental membrane and in each case, the mother licks the puppy vigorously and tears this membrane off, sometimes eating it.
If she does not remove it, you will have to do it, as puppies cannot survive for more than a few minutes before their supply of oxygen runs out. You may need to rub the puppy with a clean towel until you hear him cry. The bitch should also sever the umbilical cord as she cleans her pups.
If she does not, it is up to you to snip the cord and tie it off about one inch from the belly with some unwaxed dental floss. You should wipe the abdomen of all of the puppies with iodine to prevent infection. Some dogs deliver their puppies one right after another, but others may deliver a few puppies, and then rest before delivering more. You must also keep track of the number of placentas. A retained placenta can cause problems for the mother. Select personalised content.
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