How to care for a female dog during lactation?

When a female dog is lactating, how should the dog owner take care of the mother dog who has to work hard to feed her mother every day?

1. Always check the swelling of the female dog’s breasts to prevent the occurrence of mastitis. It is best to wipe the breasts once a day with a cotton ball soaked in clean water.

2. Create a quiet environment. All strenuous exercise is prohibited and the delivery room should be kept quiet. In particular, hitting, scolding, and frightening are not allowed to avoid irritating the female dog and causing the puppies to be trampled to death or swallowed.

3. Proper health care and breast massage. For bitches with insufficient lactation or lack of lactation, on the basis of improved feeding and management, they should be fed more protein-rich and easily digestible feed. They can also be fed or injected with oxytocin or vasopressin that have prolactin effects, but other The effect is short-lived. In addition, regular breast massage can also promote the development of breast glands. At the same time, the female dog should be given appropriate exercise every day.

4. Pay attention to maintaining the hygiene of the female dog’s body and environment. Pregnant female dogs should be groomed frequently. The pregnant dog room should be spacious, clean, dry, well-lit, well-ventilated, and quiet. Female dogs that are more than 40 days pregnant should not be allowed to be watched by outsiders to ensure that the pregnant dog can rest well.