Pregnant dog

Know about nature of pregnant dog

When have pregnant dog.Many of people are very careful than necessary.It may not a good effect on mother and child.

The odds of pregnancy

The dog is pregnant with a varies period with time of ovulation, The amount of the mixture until the duration of the breeding. Therefore, when the eggs are mixed or fertilization until birth, It very difficult for estimate. However, we retain the original odds of pregnancy was 61 to 65 days after first breeding. but this may have high error rates. so the new odds of pregnancy estimate range is 56 to 72 days instead.

The most important factors is "The cell wall of the uterus" Which indicates that it had been the breeding. This must be check every day. Starting from the dog allow to bleeding until the dog not allow for bleeding after that 56 to 58 days, the puppy will born nearby. In addition, if the X-ray during the 42 to 45 will find that puppy in the pregnant and are clearly enumerated. It has a very short period of pregnancy with a lot of puppies ( will probably have 55 to 57 days ) and if the pregnant dog is pregnant with 1 or 2 puppy dog, will take longer time (57 to 59 days).

How to check "Is it pregnant dog?"

Palpate the abdomen of pregnant dog

The usual way is to palpate the abdomen", which if done by a qualified doctor will tell you from 20 to 30 of pregnancy. The uterus was enlarged. The limitations of the abdomen is palpation. If the pregnant dog is very overweight, or fearful (nervous), wary not to cooperate. Or contraction will make it all the time.

X-rays or ultrasound

Depending on the veterinary that the pregnant dog needed. X-rays can determine the size of a puppies in the belly of the ball in the stomach but can not determine whether or not the life, but for the ultrasound. Will know that they are pregnant or not. Of how much of the puppies. And still life is good or not. They might consider that owners want to know or not, and the sexual organs is difficult because sexual sign of puppies is very small, which is different from the human.

X-ray irradiation

In principle to check the skeleton of a puppy. Which will start detect by X-rays at 20-21 before birth or during the 42 to 52 after bleeding. Will tell pregnant or not. X-rays also check how many of puppies. And various gestures. That can cause birth defects in or not.

The Ultra Sound

The Ultra Sound is most quickly and accurately. The puppy can be seen from 16 to 20 of pregnancy. And can detected rhythm of the puppy heart on the 25th of this method is used to detect a pregnancy from the uterus and inflammation as well.

Other ways

For checking the blood and urine is not as popular as for checking the pregnant dogs because of high costs and not accurately more than the X-ray and Ultra sound.

Food for pregnant dogs

Pregnant Dog must be closely observation, maybe the pregnant dog will take more foods. If you are not sure you consult the veterinary. After you sure that the dog is pregnant. Foods that need to fit in during the outage by switching to a formula for puppies because The puppy formula has the nutritional value of protein and fat better than regular formula. and let the mother dogs should eat the formula continued until the puppies are weaning, and almost the puppies's birth may give food supplements that contain fiber. To reduce the problem of constipation due to the expansion of the uterus to push the large bowel.

Supplements and Stimulant needed or not

Apart from the "Puppy formula" food. May plus extra vitamins and minerals, because the puppies in mother pregnant will absorption of the vitamins, minerals from the body of the pregnant dog if the vitamins and minerals have not enough the pregnant dog will have a negative clearly effect on pregnant dog after birth such as the dog's hair loss. Poor health, no milk and Calcium, Phosphorus is the most important mineral need to enhance because mother will use them to make the puppies bone, The structure of the puppies and is an important component of the milk. If a pregnant dog loss these minerals , When the pregnant dog give the milk she will has a high fever, seizures, spasmodic asthma, shivering through and must be taken to the veterinary immediately to reduce the fever and give the pregnant dog for calcium direct to the bloodstream. Prevent shock, the dogs may die, Mainly this is happen to the first pregnant and the owner do not have experience. The amount of calcium should not be too much and should be given to the mother to improve a hormone level with itself and may give the blood tonic to pregnant dog. Other vitamins are necessary as well, but the should give to pregnant dog as small as possible, However you should get the advice from veterinarian.

What you should avoid or be careful

Avoid factors that cause infectious diseases or Diseases of the dog itself. Be careful to take the pregnant dog to stay away from sick dogs. Even a small infection can spread to puppies who do not have any resistance to the virus can cause death between the pregnant. If the pregnant dog get infect must consult a veterinarian every time. It must avoid the vaccine because it may affect children. The program of "parasitic worm of injecting the heart" must be change with pills medicine. The drug for get rid of fleas, ticks much be special careful because some of the pesticides are not to be used with animals.

Can bathe a pregnant dog?

Pregnant dog can take it normally. However, it should first check if there is fever or not. And be careful. The river water dog will need more careful. May be avoided by using a cleaning agent. After birth, then it may have to clean the dirt. The staining of the amniotic fluid.