How do i tell if my dog is in larbor?

Question

She is about 54 days and she is huge... she is acting ok but her nose is warm. do you think she will be ok and the pups if she does have them early..

Answer 1

Size means nothing. Dogs often look like they're going to 'explode' during the final week before they go into labor.

Most 'breeders' count from the wrong day of breeding, therefore they are usually off on the due date by up to a week.....so pay no attention to the dates people tell you here. There is a lot of wrong information being posted over and over again on this subject. We deal with the same thing every day in practice....people who THINK they know things because they've done it a certain way several times, yet they are wrong, because they've never bothered to get the education they need. Whenever they do, they invariably say, "oh, I see now...that makes a lot more sense than what I used to believe."

Please do not try to get any milk out of her nipples to see how 'close' she is. Only inexperienced people do this. It's a good way to cause mastitis. Knowledgeable breeders know to leave the MG's alone. Vomiting is not a normal precursor to labor, unless there's a problem somewhere. They WILL generally go off food and often drop their rectal temps to around 98 about 24 hours before going into real labor....but not always. Her nose being warm doesn't mean anything one way or the other.

Has she been receiving regular prenatal care??? Doing so drastically reduces the rate of problems during whelping. She's due for her final visit during the last week of gestation....so it is very important that you make that appointment ASAP. If she hasn't been checked and dewormed several times during her pregnancy, then there's a good chance she has already passed worm larvae to the pups through the placenta, and will continue to do so through her milk. Your DVM can take care of that for you, so they don't start fading away and dying off on you at 2-3 weeks of age. It is also crucial that she be on the proper diet, and NOT start supplements yet. They will go over all of this with you at the prenatal visit....that is its PURPOSE. Make sure to take a pad and pen so you can take plenty of notes. There's a lot more you need to know....and YahooAnswers is not the place to find it.

Answer 2

The normal gestation period is 58-63 days; so she will be fine. I breed dogs and mine usually throw pups a week early on occassion and often times the night of the moon change.

SHe will start nesting; sometimes stop eating; her rectal temp. will drop a degree or 2; she will vomit; act like she has to go to the bathroom a lot; get restless and hide; you can also usually see the pups moving when she is about to have them; also their will be a mucas discharge and you can usually squeeze milk out of her nipples a day or two before she has the pups.

The previous poster is evidently NOT a dog breeder; the pups can and usually survive born a couple of days early. I know this from FIRST HAND experience. I have 13 dogs that I breed; 3 German shepherds (one just had 11 pups at 52 days pregnant on Nov. 2 and they are all healthy and fine) and 8 cockers and 2 rottweilers.

Answer 3

properly specially circumstances there are actually not easily vet records obtainable. once you undertake an animal from a glance after or some rescues except they preformed the spay they don't frequently have those records. We had a foster cat as quickly as that as quickly as we picked up from the look after they informed us she grew to become into spayed and her foster papers mentioned spayed woman DSH. in no way having experianced cats in season (distinctive than canines) as quickly as I observed blood in her muddle container we took her in and suprise not spayed. The look after paid for her spay and no being pregnant (all adult males have been neutered) even though it occurred. If a glance after supplies you papers saying an animal is altered maximum individuals does not question it nor could they call for records understanding frequently shelters don't have records. What occurred to us does take place better than you're able to think of even with the undeniable fact that I additionally belive that if people pay interest to an animal and produce different altered animals that a overlooked spay shouldn't grow to be a being pregnant and if it does an emergancy spay is so as. I agree that obtaining a dogs from a guy or woman warrents evidence of spay yet back shelters do not continuously have records proving the technique many burst off what they are informed whilst an animal is dropped off and at a similar time as they might desire to verify. Small scaring, scar for yet another proceudre and sheer quantity of animals finally ends up in some falling in the path of the cracks.

Answer 4

She will start to nest, her temperature will drop, she'll want to go outside far more often... You should have learned this before you bred your dog. THe puppies will not survive if they are born day 54. They have to be born day 58 and after in order to be fully developed and ready for this world.

Answer 5

She will pant heavy pase back and forth nesting and posibly shakeing maybe trying to hide. I sugest looking up sites that tell about dog labor then you will know for sure. She will refuse food and will drink way more water.

Answer 6

everyones advice seems good she also won't want to be left alone she might follow you every where at least that's what my cat did, but what ever you do don't let her go outside with out you to poop she might think she hads to but she might be trying to push out a pup instead and not realize it watch her carefully from now till she delivers.

Good luck