Here is How You can Decide When Your Dog will Whelp

The typical gestation period of a dog will be around 55 to 65 days after conception, however, it will be difficult for you know whether or not your dog has become pregnant.




On getting conceived, your dog initially may not exhibit any visible external symptoms and it is also likely that you will come to know about it just few days before whelping. You can see few external symptoms such as distention of abdominal muscles that too just few days before the due date. You can also see the female genitalia getting enlarged and soft and this will become more marked a day before actual whelping.

There are also some possibilities for the dog to produce an abnormal quantity of colostrum and milk during the whelping time and this will cause your dog’s nipples bulge and becoming prominent. However, these two symptoms are not to be taken as confirmation for your dog’s immediate whelping, because such symptoms are common in dogs due to increased abdominal pressure caused out of growing puppies.

How does the Body Temperature Help finding the Whelping?

It is a normal practice followed by dog breeders to assess the whelping time based on the measured temperature. Though the method is in use for many years, there are few controversies that dispute the accuracy in deciding the exact date based on temperature readings.

A normal dog will give a temperature reading of around 100 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit and based on this dog breeders look for a drop of 2 to 3 degrees to speculate the whelping time. However this is being disputed by experienced veterinarians as they claim that dog’s body temperature will vary very widely during pregnancy.

If you still want to make use of the temperature reading as a tool for deciding your dog’s whelping, then try to keep a record of all the temperature readings and you can easily tell the due date exactly. Further, if your records are meticulous, then you can easily predict the real drop in temperature and be able to tell whether your dog is going to deliver or not. It is also a good idea to keep handy the phone numbers of veterinarians and seek professional advice in case of need or doubts.

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