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Re: HOW TO TELL IF MY DOG IS PREGNANT

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Krystine

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Date Posted: Tue, Aug 22 2006, 22:12:54
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In reply to: Denise 's message, "Re: HOW TO TELL IF MY DOG IS PREGNANT" on Tue, Oct 12 2004, 22:22:58

i dont know if my dog is pregnet yet. a stray male was running around while she was outside and he seemed to have bred as my younger brother said. i dont know if i came to late or too early. my younger brother was with her but she was of her leash. still i dont know to tell immeditly. sadly he might have bred the other female which is an outside dog soon to get ready for house training.

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Re: HOW TO TELL IF MY DOG IS PREGNANT

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Date Posted: Tue, Nov 13 2012, 8:39:13
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>I recently bred my beautiful German Sheperd female to
>a wonderful titled german sheperd male. She is three
>yrs old. She is eating frequently, hungry all the
>time! Is that a sign that she took? Are there early
>signs of pregnancy in k-9'? Her weight when I brought
>her to the vet was 64.5 pounds 3weeks ago to get her
>tested for brucillous, prior to breeding. She is now
>70lbs. What is the normal weight gain in k-9's for
>pregnancy? Thank you for your response
>

you need to get her scaned,most mobile vets charge you around �30 to �40 but its not alot to know how many pups to expect if she is and normaly they will offer to attend the birth which is around �150 pounds which when you think about it its under the cost of one pup and gives peace of mind to both you and your dog.weight gain is normal and teats get bigger and sometimes darken or go very pink.be carfull shes not just putting on weight because you have fed her more due to mating her tho.sometimes if she is having only one or two pups her weight can go un noticed tho so be aware.a scan is always best for you dog.she will go threw differant stages and may start to vomit in the last weeks of pregnancy too.she may start to dig and nest with her bedding or find a quiet sneeky spot like your bed or washing pile so look out lol.
she may start to shed her tummy hair and loose her apertite towards the last few weeks too.she will become restless and stretch out alot.first stages of labour normaly arnt seen eiver so keep an eye on her temp as it should drop from 101-100 to 98-99 the thermomiter is gently placed up her vulver or somtimes her bottom.when temp has droped you will have between 12 and 2 hours till the first pup is visible in its little green sack.pups can usualy be born between 15 mins and 1 hour apart but have been known to take longer in some cases but usualy this can mean you may need a c sec from your vets as it can wear your dam out and put her gland to sleep.she needs all her pups out or you could loose her.she can go into shock.if you have a mobile vet she will usualy try a shot of oxitocine that will start her contractions again to help her.natral birth is always best but somtimes help is needed.after mum has opened the puppy sack and cleaned her pup sometimes its good to have a soft clean hand towle and gently dry the pup some more then put her straight to the mums teat to feed.make sure this dosent take long as it can stress your dam out and you dont want her mouthing her pups and harming them.puppies feeding on the mum will bring on her contractions too so will help her push the next puppy out.if mum takes to long to rip her sack you must help her rip it.remember you carnt kill a pup that has already died so you are only helping her out.mum should lick the pup till it gasps for air and takes its first breath.if this takes to long you must help her by gently rubbing with your towel or try holding the pup with both hands suport its head and body and gentley swing from your sholder down to your knees its called a falling motion that can help the pup gasp for air.remember you should have someone who has deliverd befor with you that knows what they are doing if you havent deliverd befor.if your dam is pregnant you should stop all rough play and jumping up by week four and just stick to gentle walks that arnt to long.there arnt really a lot of signs to look out for in first stages of pregnancy untill she is about 40 days or more then you should be able to see for yourself.you can have her scan done from 36 days to 39 days.after that its hard for your vet tell with a normal scan......good look hope all goes well

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