If the dog has frequent vomiting and significantly increased appetite within one or two weeks after breeding, and has obvious breast bulges or has a significant feeling of gaining weight, it basically means that the dog is pregnant. During the dog's pregnancy, all aspects of diet and exercise should be taken special care. So what should the dog prepare when giving birth? Or do you need to be sent to the hospital for delivery?
1. Whether a dog must go to the hospital for delivery?
For novice parents, if they have no experience in delivering or caring their dogs and are afraid that they cannot handle it well, they can take their dogs to the pet hospital in advance and prepare for delivery. If you are experienced parents or parents who have learned about the delivery matters in advance and think they can handle it, you can also deliver the dog directly at home.
2. Preparation before delivery
If you are delivering a baby at home, you should be prepared for delivery before delivery. First of all, you should prepare a large dog cage for the dog, and lay clean and soft broken towels on it, so that the dog can live in this environment and adapt to the production environment about ten days before the dog's childbirth. If your dog has long hair, you can also cut off the hair near your breasts and vagina first. At the same time, you should prepare more fabrics with good water absorption. Female dogs will have a lot of blood.
3. Production process
When the female dog gives birth, the female dog will first lick the membrane with amniotic fluid, and then the dog will expose it bit by bit. If it is found that the puppy's face is covered with membrane after a while, we need to manually remove the membrane from the dog's face, then tear the birthclothes, cut off the umbilical cord about two centimeters away from the belly button; after giving birth, the female dog needs to rest for a few minutes, but if the time from childbirth to giving birth to the puppy is more than two hours, it is a little dangerous, and parents need to find a veterinarian to help deliver the baby in time.
It is normal for a female dog to give birth to 4-8 puppies. After the female dog gave birth, it was found that the female dog became quiet and there was no intention of working hard. It basically means that the dog's childbirth has ended.
4. Precautions for delivery
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5. Postpartum care
After the female dog is finished, provide an appropriate amount of water and meat and eggs for one or two days after delivery. The feeding of meat can be increased after about three or four days; the feeding times can be appropriately increased after about five or six days to ensure appropriate supplements of vitamins and trace elements. It is best not to take a bath after giving birth, otherwise it may cause the female dog to stop breastfeeding.
If parents think they are not sure to deliver their dogs, they should go to the dog to the hospital in advance to wait for delivery to ensure the safety of their lives of the female dog and puppy.