How to care for a female dog after giving birth

1. After the female dog has given birth, the vulva, tail and breasts should be washed and dried with warm water; contaminated mattresses should be replaced and kept warm.

2. Pay attention to keeping the delivery room and surrounding environment quiet. Avoid loud sounds, noises, bright lights and other stimuli so that both mother and child can rest well.

3. A female dog that has just given birth can be fed some glucose water first, and after 1-2 hours, add some eggs, meat and other high-nutrient foods.

4. After giving birth, the female dog enters the uterine repair period and the stage of expelling lochia. Lochia is dark red. It takes about 4 weeks for the uterus to repair itself and stop expelling lochia. During this period, you can feed motherwort ointment to help the discharge of lochia.

5. Pay attention to the nursing situation of the female dog. If she does not breastfeed her puppies, find out whether it is due to lack of milk or illness, and take corresponding measures in a timely manner. Female dogs with low lactation can be fed pig trotter soup, fish soup, etc. to increase lactation.

6. If the dog gives birth in winter, the birth box needs to be kept warm.

The nutritional needs of lactating mothers are 2-4 times higher than usual. Once the nutrition cannot keep up, it is easy to cause insufficient milk for dogs.

Methods of artificially feeding puppies.

Note:

During the birthing and lactation stages of a female dog, it is best not to bathe the female dog, especially within a few weeks after delivery; because the stimulation of bathing may lead to the occurrence of dysgalactia in the female dog.