Pregnancy at dogs arises within five days after knitting. It is the term of viability of spermatozoa in a genital tract. If at this time there is an exit of an ovum (ovulation), then there occurs fertilization.
On average incubation of puppies lasts 63 days. This time span can be reduced to 56 or increase up to 73 days. Anyway, the puppies born at this time are considered ripened and viable. If pregnancy lasts more than 73 days, the owner needs to see a doctor for survey of the pet. It is possible that operation is required.
Signs of a shchennost
Right after knitting it is even difficult to experienced dog breeder to define, became pregnant a bough or not. The dog does not change the behavior, eats in the usual mode. Approximately in 14 days she can have a drowsiness, loss of appetite, suppressed mood. Mucous allocations can appear from a loop. You should not force a dog to eat or move to this period. Just you watch that clear water was available to it constantly.
From 30-35 in the afternoon nipples swell up a little. Ultrasonography diagnostics or a palpation can already show pregnancy existence. The stomach of future mom in edges begins to increase. It is especially noticeable when the dog sits. The animal does less movements, avoids big loading and sharp jumps. Approximately from 45 in the afternoon the stomach begins to increase daily. It is even already difficult for inexperienced owner not to notice it. Through a belly wall puppies are probed. The animal has more and more a rest, well eats. To feed shchenny to a bough at this time better in the small portions and more often than usually. In 50 days after conception future mom will have a milk. She moves a little. From 58 in the afternoon the dog begins to worry, arranges a nest. Puppies are already ready to the birth.
Distinctions of the period of pregnancy at different dogs
In general, all highlights of course of pregnancy are similar. Small distinctions can be connected dogs or her breed with age. So, for example, old animals require bigger care on deadlines for pregnancy. At them paws can swell, short wind develops. At dogs of small breed during a shchennost behavioural reactions as their nervous system more fragile are more brightly expressed. If the animal gives birth for the first time, then signs of a shchennost at it will be shown later, than at born. Milk at a primipara dog appears only in day of childbirth or the day before too. All other features of course of pregnancy coincide. The healthy dog does not bring excess concern to the owners and in 2 months after knitting gives birth healthy posterity.