When your dog is giving birth, the person who is most nervous is probably you. The female dog gives birth for a few hours or a whole day, and she needs your companionship as the owner.

1. How to deal with the fetal umbilical cord?

The female dog can instinctively bite the umbilical cord of the fetus with her own teeth, and the breeder does not need to help. However, female dogs with too many fetuses or old ones often forget to bite the umbilical cord due to fatigue. In this case, the breeder needs to use a sterilized Cut with sterilized surgical scissors. There will be a small amount of bleeding after cutting, and the female dog will actively lick it clean. Its saliva has a disinfecting effect, and the wound will heal in about 2-3 days.

2. How to give first aid to a puppy that is in suspended animation after birth?

Some puppies may be in a state of suspended animation at birth due to difficult labor or long delivery time. If you encounter this situation, you can try several methods for first aid:

1) Use a clean, dry towel or cotton to wipe away the mucus from the puppy's nose and mouth to help it breathe.

2) Immerse the puppy in hot water of about 45 degrees to increase its body temperature and promote its blood circulation.

3) Provide artificial respiration to the puppy.

4) Drop a small amount of wine or whiskey into the puppy's mouth, and inject a cardiotonic if necessary.

When performing first aid repeatedly in the above manner, rescuers should be patient, persist to the end, and never give up.

3. How to care for puppies who are particularly weak at birth?

Even dogs from the same litter may not all have the same weight. If there are puppies that are smaller but show great energy when sucking breast milk, they are all healthy German Shepherd dogs. However, if there are dogs that are weak due to their small size and cannot fully obtain breast milk, they should pay attention to strengthen care and let them suck breasts with a large amount of milk, or feed milk with bottles. In addition, some nutrients need to be added, or injections should be given to help development. of medicine. As long as you pay attention to care and management in the immediate period after birth, the lack of body shape can be completely made up for.

4. Pay attention to keeping puppies warm

If puppies are born in winter, the temperature of the external environment is very important. If the indoor heating is not hot enough and the temperature is low, you have to find a way to increase the temperature, such as buying an electric heater. Because newborn puppies are weak and cannot regulate their own body temperature, their body temperature will drop from 38 degrees to 32 degrees after birth. At this time, they cannot express their feelings or even shiver.

Also, the texture of the quilt for puppies must be soft and have good warmth retention properties. In fact, you don’t need to buy a new blanket, your old fleece jackets and sportswear can be used at this time.Come in handy. While artificially maintaining the bed temperature, try not to separate the puppies from the mother dog, because they are very dependent on external heat sources and especially like to lie next to the mother dog's belly. Unless the puppies are sick and need to be isolated for treatment - puppies have very weak resistance to diseases, and isolation can prevent them from infecting each other. You can sleep separately when they are 6 weeks old.

Puppies like to act coquettishly, and it is normal for them to make grunting sounds in their den. However, if they make shrill or howling sounds, it is not normal. You should quickly check whether the temperature in the den is too low, or whether the temperature in the den is too low. Hungry.

5. If you want to increase the milk secretion of a female dog, what foods should you feed?

Breast milk secretion is sufficient, and puppies have sufficient food to develop well. If five puppies are born in one litter, and if the milk secretion is normal, the bitch can be nursed until the third week without additional milk.

For puppies, breast milk is the best food because it has the most nutrients, is at the right temperature, and contains antibodies to infectious diseases. From the tenth day after birth, the puppy's food intake will gradually increase, and the female dog's appetite will also increase. At this time, nutritious food should be fed 3-4 times a day to promote milk secretion. Fresh meat, offal, vegetables, egg yolks, fish, butter, milk, etc. can promote milk secretion. At the same time, you can also add vitamins, calcium tablets, milk secretion hormones and other medicines in appropriate amounts. In addition, taking the female dog outdoors twice a day to do moderate exercise and bask in the sun can help keep the mother healthy. Adding yeast and lactase to food can help digestion and prevent diarrhea or constipation. The cost of raising large dogs during this period is relatively high, but these expenses are worth it in order to cultivate famous dogs in the future.

6. What should be done when a female dog refuses to breastfeed?

Some neurotic bitches are often frightened and unwilling to breastfeed when they give birth to their first litter. At this time, you should try to stabilize the bitch's mood, then make her lie down, bring the puppies to the bitch's breast, and the breeder Take care of the puppies while sucking breast milk.

Sometimes the puppies' claws are too long and scratch the mother dog's breasts, making the mother dog unwilling to breastfeed. In this case, the claws should be shortened.

The most important thing is to correct the mother dog's refusal to feed, and not to spoil the mother dog, so as not to be unwilling to take the initiative to take care of the puppies when the mother dog gives birth, and develop a bad habit of completely relying on artificial care.

7. Puppy defecation

When puppies are born, they can neither see nor stand up. They can only hear small sounds and only respond to some stimuli. The reflex functions of newborn puppies are similar to those of human babies, such as crying. The puppies use the cry to tell the mother dog that they need care. likeIf the puppy's excretory organs are gently massaged, it will defecate immediately. In the first 3 weeks after birth, the puppies will only excrete when the mother dog licks them. It is normal for a female dog to eat the feces of her puppies. The purpose is to keep the kennel clean and prevent the feces from attracting bugs and bacteria. When puppies are 3 weeks old, they begin to know how to excrete on their own. In the first 3 weeks, you don’t need to interfere too much with the puppies. You just need to take good care of the mother dog and often help her clean her body and comb her coat.