My Dog is in labor right now what should i do?

Question

Shes shaking all over.and she keeps acting like she using the bathroom but only discharge comes out.i cant go to a vet.

I cant. i dont have a vet just got this dog.they said shes never been to the vet.and i have no car....gtg shes havin em

Answer 1

Get off the damn computer and do what you can to get ahold of a vet, someone who knows about dog birth, google it, or do everything in your power to help her.

Answer 2

Provide a nice quite spot for her to labor. Let her do the work, and offer a little cool water to her often. Look up the phone number of an emergency vet clinic...they will often give u free advice over the phone if they aren't busy. If she wants to walk around, that is fine...it may help the labor. Watch if she squats like she's going to poop...she may push out a puppy. If she doesn't immediately open the sac, puncture it and make sure the puppy's nose isn't covered and that it is breathing. Mom should immediately chew threw the cord and clean the puppy IF another isn't coming right away. If she's not doing these things, you can dry the puppy off, and put a little antiseptic on the severed end of the cord. If the mom seems to be pushing with no results, you may HAVE to find a vet, or someone with whelping experience to reach in and turn a puppy that is in the birth canal crossways. Should deliver with nose and front feet coming through first. Stay calm around the mom and puppies....if you act upset or make a lot of noise it will stress out the mom. After each pup is born and cleaned off, if Mom doesn't urge it to nurse, you should introduce it to a nipple and see if it will suckle. Whatever you do....call someone at a vet's office or emergency vet clinic if things don't seem to go smoothly. Our dog had 11 puppies, and it took about 7 hours from first signs of labor until all were born. After all the puppies are born, give mom something bland but nourishing...maybe some boiled lean ground beef, or some scrambled eggs, and plenty of water. Stay with her while she labors, but don't stress her out. Talk softly and maybe stroke her side if it seems to calm her.

Answer 3

Wow, if this makes you panic I'd hate to see you when your wife has a baby! It's OK. She's fine, she knows what to do. She shaking because of the contractions. She doesn't even have pain. Just stay with her and talk to her. She is going to let you be apart of the birth. Most would hide somewhere and not let anyone around until later. But be prepared to see stuff you may not want to see. If any of the pups are still born she'll eat them, she also will eat all the sack off of them. Their not always to bloody but there will be some. After she has delivered all the pups get her some water and then just leave her alone with her pups, but let her know she did good and she's a good dog. But don't pick up the pups for a few days. She won't like it and you can cause them to get sick and they could die so just let her be with the pups. Give her some food tomorrow but don't be surprised if she doesn't eat right away. Just make sure she has plenty of water. If this is her first litter and she's still a young dog sometimes their not as good a mother you may have to help teach her to stay with the pups. For the next few days she should be with them alot. They need to nurse and she has to help keep them warm. CONGRATULATION GRANDPA!!!! Also if any have a health problem she will probably lay on them to smother them to death, animals do this to protect the others from getting sick as well.

Answer 4

You should of had the answers to this question before you bred her. In any case if she has been in labor for more than 2 hours without delivering a pup and if nothing more than fluid is being discharged (is it yellow or straw colored) your dog could be in trouble. A dog that goes into labor (serious straining)and does not deliver a pup within two hours is in trouble. Purposeful straining means that a pup is partly in the birth canal. Waiting is a mistake because the mother could become exhausted and normal delivery may not be possible.
Fluid (straw or yellow colored)means that the membranes have ruptured and if the pup is not delivered within 30 minutes it could die as well as the rest of the pups and maybe even mom, if help is not sought.
If this has been going on for a while I strongly urge you to get her to a vet. It is your responsibility and all possibilities should have been covered including emergencies before you bred her. Also spay her when this is over!!!!!!

Answer 5

Leave her alone and do not make her nervous. This is a natural thing, just make sure room is warm and little bit of light then just wait a couple of hours to return. Stay close only in case she really needs you which 95 percent of the time they do not. Just give her CLEAN blanket or towels

Answer 6

So if you were not prepared why did you allow her to get pregnant? Call the emergency line for the SPCA, surely you can figure out out to get her there. I'm not going to tell you what I really think, now is not the time, I just wish everyone would be responsible for the pets they take into their homes, And for your dog, my best wishes.

Answer 7

Let nature run its coarse. You should be able to call the emergency number to your vet if your dog is having difficulty.They should be able to walk you through the process of helping her out. However, she should be able to get through it on her own. She will be fine.

Answer 8

just keep licking her head as if you were a dog so she doesn't go into shock and have someone watching the other end to wake the puppies up while you just keep on licking her head, from nose to base of neck in a gentle one-direction motion with a moist as possible tongue. keep this up until all the puppies are born.

Answer 9

sit by her and comfort her, if its her first litter shes probably scared and in pain, stay with her, if she doesnt have a pup
within the next few hours you'd better find some way to get
her to the doctor or you risk losing all of them, mother and pups

Answer 10

Call your vet,

they probably have a 24 hour answering service.