My german shepard started labor today does anyone know how long she could be in labor?

Question

She is 4 years old and has never had a liter before nor have i ever had a dog that has been preg. before. She has a discharge coming for her private area. Has anyone been though this? She is a very large dog she weight about 155 pounds.

Answer 1

Just like with people every dog is different. Here is are a couple informative web sites http://www.marvistavet.com/html/giving-birth-to-puppies.html and http://hometown.aol.com/mayassites/whelping.html You just have to read thru and then pick what will work for your situation as things unfold. Sometimes instinct kicks in and you aren't needed at all. Most of my dogs have whelped that way. I didn't even need to clean up. They eat all the afterbirth usually. Feel free to email me with any questions I'd be glad to help.

Answer 2

German Shepherd In Labor

Answer 3

How fat is this girl? 155 pounds for a female is very overweight. I have a girl that is going on 8 years old, she is fat, she is 24 1/2 inches tall and 104 pounds. That is too heavy in my book. A Shepherd can labor for up to 24 hours, it sometimes takes 48 hours for a Shepherd ***** to whelp. If she goes more than 2 hours between pups, you need to contact the vet. You could get into a uterine inertia problem with this girl being her first litter at the age of 4 and her extreme weight. Are you sure she is a German Shepherd and not a Shiloh or a King?

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Good grief. Did you ask the vet what to look for? Has the vet seen the dog since it became pregnant?

Step 1. Get a piece of paper and a pen handy.

Step 2. Call your vet. Ask him/her what the signs of labor are, how long it should take, how many puppies to expect, how to tell if the dog is in trouble and when to call back.

Also ask the vet how to take care of the pups and for a good book on puppy/dog care.

Step 3: Do what the vet says. If the vet has SEEN the dog he/she will be able to give you more information than anyone here and will know how many pups to look for---a key item because you don't want a puppy to stay in there. A trapped puppy is a dead puppy and possibly a dead mother and dead other puppies.

Step 4: Spay your dog as soon as you can. If this dog is really 155 pounds un-pregnant, she is far too big for the breed standard and is at greater risk of many health problems.

I hope she is okay and that the puppies are fine.

Answer 6

I have been through this with two of my female APBT's. The first dog was in labor for three days. She had a very large litter..14 puppies and was only having one every 4-5 hours. My husband had to take her to the vet and have oxytocin injections given because she still had more puppies to deliver and was giving up after like 28 hours or so. My other dog however, had a large litter of like 12 puppies in a matter of like 6 hours. Every dog is different, just like every woman's labor is different. Good Luck :)

Answer 7

A 155-pound German Shepherd? Never heard of a German Shepherd weighing anything remotely close to that. Maybe you you mean 55 pounds. Anyways, to your question, she could be in labor for up to 48 hours.

Answer 8

The first sins that she will give you that the pups are coming is when she starts to dig up her bedding and piles it in a corner. you will have to keeep straighting it out so that she will have a neat bed when the first puppy arrives. Its just a matter of waitting. dont confine her to asmall box, but let her walk around the room and get some execise. it will help her to del the 1st puppy. then she will turn around several times in a circle, have a muscular spasm just as if she were it labor, and shortlya puppy will come. GET A COPY OF THE GERMAN SHEPHERD TODAY by WINIFRED GIBSON STRICKLAND AND JAMES A MOSES. and another good book to have is DOG OWNERS HOME VETERINARY HANDBOOK by DELBERT G GARLSON D.V.M. and JAMES M GIFFIN M.D. these will be of the up most help with your shepard

Answer 9

My dog just had pups saturday am, shes an aussie mix her first time(and last) shes 2 yrs old. Anyway she was in labor from Friday morning at 4 until Saturday at 300am. almost 24 hours. She had 7.

Answer 10

She could be in labour for any length of time. Up to 24 hours in labour is generally considered normal. After that, contact a vet to touch base with them.

And why do you have a pregnant female if you know nothing about labour and whelping? Even if it was a surprise to you, it's a little late to be gathering information. . . Have the 8itch fixed as soon as it's safe for her.