Giving birth is a painful journey that a mother dog must go through to welcome her puppy. After successfully overcoming puppies, the mother dog needs to be cared for to ensure an abundant source of milk for puppies, and puppies also need special care to stay healthy and thrive. Your dog is entering the breeding period and you are seeking knowledge so you can take care of it with the puppies in the best way. Our following article will help you solve this problem:

Take care of mother dog during pregnancy : 

How to take care of a mother dog during pregnancy

In the first month, the pregnancy of the female dog is unknown, only from the second month onwards appear new features such as: firstly the weight of the female dog increases very quickly, and the body is also larger. From the second month onwards, you have to change the way you raise a bitch, namely release it from all jobs, but you must give it a walk for at least 2 hours a day and divide it into 2 or 3 times, right Keep it away from any vigorous movement or rotation. At the beginning of pregnancy, it is recommended to feed the female 3 times a day, in the second half of pregnancy give the dog 4 times a day, each serving is not too much and the interval between meals must be equal. 

Take care of mother dog during childbirth :

Take care of mother dog after giving birth

From the second half of pregnancy, the mammary glands begin to increase significantly in number. The dog that is about to give birth can be aware of its actions, that is, it scooped up the straw into a nest, lay in it, then it often stood up and lay down, breathing heavily and moaning mouths during labor. Afterward, the labor pain becomes more frequent and the dog gets more painful when the mucus from the genital area is released a lot. When the labor is at its most stressful level, the female dog's head appears from the genitals of the puppy. The time of first births is usually very long. Prolonged delivery time often falls on dogs who are sedentary or poorly nourished. When the dog is finished, let him rest and do not disturb him for 6 to 8 hours, then let the mother eat thin milk porridge or stew porridge. Such a diet only lasts for 1 day and night. In the following days, if the mother is healthy, feed the dog 3 to 4 times a day in large doses. After the first feeding, the dog should be replaced. During the 12 to 18 days postpartum, the dog's genitalia releases blood-stained material, which then becomes light in color, at first more, less gradually. Cushions for mother and puppy need to be clean and changed daily.

After giving birth the mother dog needs to be looked after carefully 

Nursing newborn puppies :

The care for puppies is started as soon as the puppies are out of the womb. After birth, the mother will spend most of the time resting in the litter with the unopened puppies, except when they go to the toilet or eat. Therefore, keeping the litter box clean is important to avoid infection of the puppies. You need to change newspaper or towel regularly, and should take advantage of this when the dog is not in the dog so as not to cause trouble for the dog. If you observe that the puppy's body is still viscous or dirty due to the amniotic fluid that remains after giving birth, wipe it off with warm water and a soft washcloth and then dry it in one go so that the puppy is both clean and cold-free. When there is no mother dog nearby or the mother dog is born in the cold season, you need to install heating devices for puppies such as heating pads placed under the litter, heating lamps (40W) or air conditioners. The suitable litter area temperature for puppies is around 26 - 270C and humidity below 80% .Previously puppies are breastfed, so the person in charge of dog care must put puppies in the mother's nipples. and track its feeding behavior. For puppies who are nursing, the growth is fast. As a rule, after 8 days of birth (to the 9th day) the weight of a puppy doubles as standard; by day 18, the weight of puppies increased from 3.5 to 4 times; by the 25th day to increase by 5-6 times; by the 30th day it increased by 6-7 times and by the 45th day it increased by 10 -11 times. The faster the puppy is, the faster the growth rate, so it is very important for the puppy to eat enough in quantity and substance.

Take care of a newborn puppy

Take care of puppies at weaning period :

The weaning of puppies for puppies is done when the puppies are 30-45 days old. The amount of mother's milk at this time becomes less. The first two days, we separate the mother dog away from the puppies for a few hours, then we separate the mother dog away from the puppy for half a day and finally all day, only for the mother dog to live with the puppies in the evening. Feed your puppies at certain times and feed them the foods they should be familiar with during this time. After weaning the puppies, raise them into groups (in litters). Care and feeding for puppies must be strictly performed according to the daily schedule and have been outlined. Clean the litter every day for the puppies twice and bath them at least twice a month. Puppy is allowed to walk around for 3-4 hours daily according to the schedule of the day, this is a must. Particular attention should be paid to ensuring that the puppies are fully fed in both quality and quantity. In order to prevent gastrointestinal and gastrointestinal diseases, and for the best development of the puppy's body, puppies should be given antibiotics that are good for puppy health and taken at the time the puppy is 2 weeks to 3 months of age as directed by the veterinarian. Puppy food must be fresh and rich in the type of food. Drinking water for puppies must be clean. Need to check the growth and development of puppies, from the first month to before 2 months of age, every 5 days of inspection and weight once, from 2 months to 6 months - 10 days of testing and weight 1 times, then 1 check per month and weight. 

The weaning of puppies should be carried out slowly