You will definitely be immersed in joy when your dog is pregnant. Of course, as an owner, you must give your dog extra care and attention at this time. How to take good care of a pregnant dog? The task of feeding and management during pregnancy is to enhance the female dog’s strength. The body constitution ensures the sound development of the fetus and prevents miscarriage. Each litter can produce a large number of healthy, vigorous and heavy newborn puppies. For this reason, the feeding and management of pregnant female dogs requires daily care in addition to the supply of full-priced diet.

The average gestation period for dogs is 58-64 days. There are no obvious changes in dogs in the early stages of pregnancy (the first 15 days). About 20 days later, a small number of pregnant dogs may experience loss of appetite and vomiting, which lasts for 1-2 days. After that, their appetite gradually increases, their activity level decreases, they move slowly, cautiously, and like While sleeping, the abdominal circumference becomes larger and the breasts develop. In the second half of pregnancy, dogs become fatigued easily, urinate frequently, burrow on the ground, and their mammary glands secrete milk. Some dogs even lose appetite.

1. The gestation period of a dog is 58 to 64 days, with an average of 62 days. The task of feeding and management during pregnancy is to enhance the physical fitness of the bitch, ensure the sound development of the fetus, prevent miscarriage, and produce a large number of healthy, vigorous, and heavy newborn puppies in each litter. For this reason, for the feeding and management of pregnant female dogs, in addition to supplying full-priced diets, the feed must also pay attention to hygiene and ensure quality.

Never feed moldy, rotten, spoiled, toxic and highly irritating feed to prevent miscarriage. Feed cannot be changed frequently, and the volume of feed should not be too large to avoid affecting the development of the fetus.

2. Pregnant female dogs do not need to feed special feed in the early stages of pregnancy (within about 35 days), but they must pay attention to feeding on time. One month later, the fetus begins to develop rapidly, and its demand for various nutrients increases sharply. At this time, in addition to increasing the food supply, the pregnant bitch should also be given some digestive supplements, high protein content, calcium, and phosphorus. , Vitamin-rich feed, such as meat, offal, eggs, milk, etc. During the 35th to 45th day of pregnancy, the baby should be fed 4 times a day; do not feed too cold feed and drinking water to avoid irritating the gastrointestinal tract, affecting digestion, and even causing miscarriage.

3. Pregnant bitches should exercise appropriately. In the early stages of pregnancy (about 1 month of pregnancy), they should exercise for about 2 hours a day. Later, they can move freely. Pay attention to protecting against heat, and it is strictly forbidden to whip or force them to cross or climb obstacles. In order to prevent mutual squeezing and biting, pregnant female dogs should be kept in a single pen, and attention should be paid to maintaining dog body and environmental hygiene.