How to judge the pregnancy of a female dog when raising a pet dog: The signs of pregnancy in a female dog appear about one week after mating. The specific manifestations are: the vagina of a pregnant female dog will shrink rapidly, and pregnancy reactions such as vomiting and loss of appetite may occur at three or four weeks of pregnancy. At 20-30 days of pregnancy, the mammary glands of pregnant dogs will protrude, the breasts will swell, and the nipples will turn pink. In the fourth week after breeding, touch the location of the uterus on the female dog's abdomen with your hands. The pregnant female dog can feel an embryo as big as an egg.

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How to take care of a pregnant female dog:

1: Days 1 to 30 are the first stage. Female dogs that have just become pregnant (within about one to two weeks) should avoid strenuous exercise, as they are prone to miscarriage! Just ensure the usual feeding level of the female dog, and do not add too much meat, eggs, Nutrition and food intake, because the fetus grows slowly and is very small. If you feed too much food, the nutrients will be absorbed by the female dog, which is equivalent to fattening the female dog! If she is fat and does not exercise, she is prone to dystocia!

2: 30 to 45 days is the second stage. The fetus in the female dog’s belly starts to grow! The most direct change you can feel is the female dog’s frequent urination. If you used to walk your dog once in the morning and evening, you need to walk more every day. Once or twice, increase the amount of exercise appropriately, so that the female dog can be in great shape! Increase nutrition appropriately, such as meat, eggs, yogurt...must be in small amounts. If the fetus absorbs too many nutrients and grows too fast, it will also cause dystocia. !

Three: 45 to 60 days is the third stage. You can clearly see that the female dog’s belly is bulging! In the last few days, you can feel the fetus rolling in the belly! Ensure that the female dog has a certain amount of exercise. If If the female dog can’t run, take her for more walks. At this time, the female dog is like a hungry wolf, never eating enough! The amount of feeding must be controlled (about 20% to 50% more than usual is enough!). If you are soft-hearted and feed too much, you will harm her! The most important thing is The most important thing is to control your diet properly and keep exercising!

How to take care of nursing mothers and puppies:

The first is prenatal preparation:

1. Before the dog gives birth, the hair around the buttocks of the female dog should be cut off to ensure the smooth delivery of the mother dog and postpartum hygiene. Otherwise, the hair on the buttocks will be stained with blood after delivery. Don't be lazy! Give the mother dog a bath and wash it early, and get rid of the hair on her butt and tail, otherwise it will be even dirtier if you leave it for later.

2. It is best not to be alone at home during the due date, otherwise you may not be mentally mature enough to handle midwifery matters calmly when you see such a scene for the first time.

3. Make a special wooden birthing bed for your dog, which will keep you warm and will not make your home look likeSame as the murder scene.

When a dog becomes a mother for the first time, she will also be calm in the face of danger. She will help them eat the fetal cells one by one, bite off the umbilical cord, clean the fluid in the mouth and nose, and let them breathe smoothly. The baby's vitality is actually not as fragile as you think. Newborn babies should not touch here and there just because they are afraid of their death. This does them no good at all. Let them stay quietly with their mother. But pay attention to whether the female dog presses the cubs.

Serving the confinement:

After giving birth, it’s time to start breastfeeding. Generally, cubs will try hard to find their mother's nipples. But sometimes there are too many pups. The crawling is messy, and some of the pups won't suck. At this time, it is up to the owner to help start breastfeeding. It is important to know that adequate breast milk for the first time is crucial to the health of the baby. Put them under the mother's breasts, open her mouth, put a nipple in and they will spit it out. They will just cry and cry there! First, squeeze out some milk from the mother dog, and then open the baby's mouth and put it in so that they can feel it. However, babies have different learning abilities. Some will learn it instantly, while others will make you suffer for a week. If you have no choice, just use a bottle. However, most babies will feed automatically.

Experience: Calcium supplementation is very important during pregnancy and lactation. It is good for both the mother and the baby. I personally think that calcium tablets are not as well absorbed as calcium powder, and calcium powder is not as well absorbed as natural calcium supplements. But don’t give them bones! Postpartum side dishes should have a reasonable structure and balanced nutrition. It is not recommended to feed lactating dogs meat and other greasy things as they may cause diarrhea. Dogs shed a lot during pregnancy and lactation, especially long-haired dogs. Therefore, it is necessary to bathe the dog before delivery! Otherwise, if the time has passed and the dog is dirty, it will be difficult to bathe during the confinement period, and the hair loss will be more serious! Friends who have long-haired dogs should understand this problem.

Personal hygiene issues. Since the dog will continue to bleed for about a month after giving birth, it is best not to let her wander around the room too much, but to control her activities in a fixed place. Or donate your unwanted skirts and pants! It’s best to do this when your dog is in heat. Dress her in unwanted skirts and pants, and the waist should be just right! The body measurements of large dogs and humans are similar.

Experience: You are not allowed to bathe your dog during the confinement period. If it is too hard to bear, then wipe her with a warm and wet towel! Dry cleaning powder for large dogs is too wasteful, buy it The exception is the one that started. In order to maintain household hygiene, it is better to sacrifice the space for the big dog to move! Or you can wear your small skirt pants for her.

As the amount of milk produced by the dog increases, the breasts will gradually swell, the skin of the breasts will become thinner, and the blood vessels will become more obvious. At this time, you should pay attention to clipping the puppy's toenails to avoid scratching the female dog's breasts. If you dare notTo cut, just wear a small glove on them. In addition, you should pay attention to the cleaning of your breasts and don't get contaminated by bacteria in the grass because you go out to poop. Dog mammies have a natural tendency to like to fill babies' buttocks. That's because babies don't have the ability to control their bowel movements in the first two weeks after birth, so they have to have mammies fill them in for them. But if this happens, there will be poop on the floor at home, which will be very disgusting. So don't let the dog mother do this. My approach is to take the babies away from grandma one by one after they finish eating, lift them up and massage their perineal area to promote defecation. This way the poop will fall into the trash can instead of getting all over the floor. Since the dog is lying on its side when feeding, it needs to be fed half and half. After eating half of the food, let the dog turn around and eat the other half. In this way, all the resources of Grandma Dog can be fully utilized.

Experience: Protect grandma’s breasts and be careful of scratches. It is best to wipe the dog with alcohol before nursing. When breastfeeding, you should control your grandma's head and don't let her get up and touch the baby's butt, otherwise it will be everywhere. Of course, if you think cleaning is easier than massaging, it doesn't matter.

After 14 days, grandma’s milk production gradually dropped from the peak, but the baby’s needs increased day by day. If it is a nanny who is usually picky about food, she will fall into her old habit of going on hunger strike! At this time, for the health of puppies and big dogs, everyone must not be merciful! Don’t give her bones or meat to eat! If she doesn’t eat, Just coax her to eat, and if she doesn't eat, beat her! If she doesn't eat, she will have to force it down!!! During the breastfeeding period, we must put the overall situation first, and keep aside all personal relationships between children! Let's go out for fun! This thing is quite annoying. It’s embarrassing, given that Grandma Dog has such a figure, alas, so she usually goes out to walk her dog when the moon is dark and the wind is high. After giving birth, the dog's urinary system will not be able to return to its previous state, and she will be unable to hold back.

Female dogs born in summer don’t like to cuddle in the nest, and they don’t like baby dogs to nurse for too long. The main reason is that the weather is too hot. Moreover, due to the hot weather, infant dogs that cannot walk do not like to lie down in the nest (not even newspapers), but only like to lie on the cool floor tiles. But this is bad: since the puppy can’t walk yet and can only lie down, there is no tissue paper or newspaper to absorb after urinating. Coupled with the hot weather, it is especially easy to cause eczema on the lower belly, which increases the difficulty of care. Moreover, dogs born in summer are more sensitive to cold in winter. But never give air conditioners or fans to dogs. If they can’t stand it, find a cool and ventilated place for them.

Finally, it is recommended that dog owners should not let their dogs give birth too many times. If you are not a dog dealer, if you do not want to make a fortune from dogs, and if you love your dog, after she has given birth once, neuter her and give birth to more times. , the dog's fur color will be dim, hair loss will be severe, and the bones will change greatly.

​Dietary issues:

Female dog pointsAfter delivery, the female dog should be given some glucose water, milk and light salt water. Adequate drinking water and a small amount of meat should be provided 1-2 days after delivery, and the amount of meat should be gradually increased after 3-4 days. In addition to increasing meat intake in 5-6 days, the number of meals per day can be increased to 3-4 times per day, and clean drinking water should be maintained at all times. Pay attention to the supplement of vitamins and trace elements, and exercise appropriately. It is normal for some dogs to eat very little within 1-3 days after delivery, but it should be distinguished from the disease at this time. It is also common to eat less within 1-3 days. Puppies are born with their eyes tightly closed. It takes about 10 days to open their eyes. At 21 days, they can be extremely active and active. At 3 weeks old, they can eat liquid food. At 5-6 weeks old, they can be weaned on a trial basis. Then it is the time when the dog is weaned and the mother dog can take a bath.

Start eating at the right time and check the "feeding check". Normal bitch lactation usually reaches its peak around 21 days after delivery, and then gradually decreases. However, the puppies grow and develop very quickly, and breast milk cannot meet the growing needs of the puppies. Starting from the 10th day of growth, supplementary feeding measures should be taken. Hydration: Start from 10 days old. Feeding: Choose high-quality feed that has high nutritional value and is easy to digest and absorb, such as millet porridge, milk, rib soup, etc. After about 15 days, you can pour the rice soup into a small plate for the puppies to lick. In about 20 days, porridge can be used.

Separate nests on time and ensure the "weaning check". Normally raised puppies are generally weaned at about 45 days. After weaning, the puppies are completely separated from the mother's milk and enter an independent life stage. Often just after weaning, the puppies show restlessness, poor appetite, slow weight gain, morbidity and death, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the weaning of puppies For nutrition and management, they must have sufficient sunlight and maintain a good ventilation environment. It is best to wean them without leaving the original nest and continue to live in groups.

Strengthen management and ensure "disease prevention and control". Strengthening daily feeding and management, improving environmental and drinking water hygiene, and feeding high-quality feed are important measures to improve the survival of puppies. Before the female dog gives birth, the litter den should be thoroughly disinfected. The litter den should be covered with soft and clean bedding. Pay special attention to environmental hygiene when the puppies are fed and weaned. Timely deworming and vaccination are performed. Generally, the first deworming is performed on puppies when they are 20 to 25 days old, and the second deworming is performed on 40 to 45 days of age. The first injection of vaccine should be given at 42 days of age, and then again every two weeks, preferably 2 to 3 times.