Learning with my pregnant dog…….Get Prepared to Breed (Parasites and Vaccines)

Dear friends,

If either you want to have your dog pregnant or you have your dog pregnant by accident it is very important you double check her documentation and due date for treatment against parasites and vaccines. It is critical she is with all of these updated. In case she is to have due any of her vaccines it is critical you get her to the veterinarian and minister the vaccines that are due or that are to be due during her pregnancy. The same for the parasites treatment. If it is going to be due during her pregnancy time, undergone her to the treatment early in the first days of pregnancy. This treatment requires special attention since it is minister every three months or twice a year depending of country / veterinarian procedure while vaccines normally are ministered once a year for adult dogs (both anti-rabia and octuple)

VERY IMPORTANT – THE ONLY TIME YOUR DOG CAN BE SUBMITTED TO VACCINES AND/OR INTERNAL PARASITES TREATMENT IS DURING THE FIRST DAYS OF PREGNANCY. AFTER THESE DAYS THERE ARE RISKS INVOLVED THAT MAY AFFECT THE PUPPIES.

Good Luck and we wish you a beautiful litter!!!

Glam Bright Kennel Team

 

Learning With My Pregnant Dog…… Ultrasonography

It has been a while since last time I came here to tell you about my little pregnant dog. She is OK and almost “there”. Sometimes I believe I am more anxious and afraid than she is, but anyway, I have learnt a lot during these last days and I will be sharing most of them here with you all so in case you have same experience in the future, you have more information than I had.

Regarding the ultrasonography…………….. choose a Veterinarian Clinic which has the best in terms of equipments. It is lack of time to insist in doing several exams if the equipment is not very good. The information will not be precise and may lead you to huge mistakes that might mean lose a puppy. Also, choose a professional who is specialist in doing these exams. It is different when you have a veterinarian who attends clinically most part of the day and once in a while realizes and exam, from when you have a veterinarian who indicates you an specialist who does some specific exams (such as the ultrasonography) through all the day. You see, I am not talking about changing your veterinarian, but having here by your side indicating the best you’re your lovely dos. The specialist has a developed eye to interpret and diagnose the images that come from the exam that some times your vet may not have because this is not he/she day by day. In other words, CHOOSE ALWAYS THE BEST. In my case, my final solution was to ask to a specialist to come to my home with her equipments and guess what…………..there were 08 puppies (instead of 5 as the previous exams had indicated) and I could really see the all skeleton of each puppy as well as their heart bit (very clearly). In addition to be touching and amazing, imagine what could have happened if I continued insisting with that old fashioned equipment and went to the birth time thinking about 5 while they are 8……….

Take a look on the difference of the images (both taken between the 35 and 40 days of pregnancy). Picture one, the first exam (with no official written report)…Picture two, the second exam realized only two days after the first (and with a detailed official report that included, but was not limited to the size of each puppy, the size of their skull, their mobility, their heart bit, uterine channel dilatation and estimated birth date. You see what I mean………………. CHOOSE THE BEST FOR YOUR LOVELY DOG!!! THEY DESERVE IT AND WOULD DO THE SAME FOR YOU.

Glam Bright Kennel Team

Learning with my pregnant dog........Second and Last Month of Pregnancy

Dear friends,

This article is for all of us who love our dogs and care for them. My dog is pregnant and it has been a day by day learning activity, so I decide to share with you all this experience. Suri is a beautiful and sweet West Highland White Terrier who is 32 days pregnant (probably). Those are our experience together that we want to share with you, so if your pet get pregnant we hope it is easier for you than it has been for us, living our first experience in this fascinating world of giving birth beautiful puppies:

• Her mood has already changed and she is all the time trying to attach my other dogs especially my Rottweiler. The main reason for that is because she is trying to protect her belly and her puppies because the Rottweiler is always running, jumping and playing and she gets very nervous and afraid of him.
• In this phase (first month) she can abort her babies so it is very important to monitor her and to keep her in a safe and non-stressful environment so she feels calm and secure.
• Her disposition has also changed and now she doesn’t want to play with my other dogs anymore. She stay most of time laid down by my side and when we go out for walking she gets tired and normally I have to take her in arms part of the way.
• Ultrasonography is not the right resource to learn how many puppies she has. I was anxious to see her first ultrasonography, but everything I had was the confirmation that she was around the 32th day of pregnancy of “probably” 05 puppies. Yes, probably, because images can be juxtaposed so there is no certainty. What I didn’t know was that the correct tool to show how many puppies would be the X-Ray because it would clearly show the skull of each puppy. The ultrasonography is perfect to let you know if the puppies are alive, to ear their heart beat and to see if their mobility is normal. Learn from my mistake and do not forget to ask your veterinarian about all those information together with the exam written report if your dog is pregnant. I missed this opportunity
• Her temperature is very low (around 37.4oC while my veterinarian said the normal would be around 38.5oC), so she is under constantly vigilance, with clothes and I have to take her temperature 03 times a day.
• If she drinks lots of water (above normal average) and/or have a yellow secretion coming out of her vulva, that would be risky signs and we should immediately report to her veterinarian. Thanks God it is not her case
• Although some veterinarian say that dogs do not get seasick, she has became for selective with food and I need to change flavor constantly to keep her motivated to eat

In summary, everything is OK so far and her belly can already be noticed. Take a look how cute she is taking a nap!!!

Kindly Yours

Glam Bright Kennel Team