In this article we’ll concentrate your attention on the period of pupping and the one after it. It is very important to notice abnormal labor to be able to help your dog or a puppy and be ready to ask for qualified veterinary help.

Coupling of a small she-dog with a large male dog can cause difficult labors. In such situation, ask your veterinary surgeon to be present at pupping, because too big size of puppies can cause a mogitocia.

Vitamin imbalances, non-observance of sanitary and hygienic rules cause different difficulties. .

Modern methods of diagnostics (ultrasonic visualization, radiographic examination) allow establishing with high degree of reliability quantity of fetuses and to examine uterus. That’s why if you think, that your dog’s duration of gestation is too long or if you marked some symptoms of indisposition (lack of appetite, anxiety, rising of temperature, vaginal discharges with an unpleasant smell, general

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A dog can be in pup during 61–63 days.

The main process can’t start unexpectedly. Usually, a number of signs precede it. There are pendulous belly and sagging of a back. One or two days before delivery external genitals become bigger, nipples are filled with a colostrum, which is more concentrated than milk and in which there are some antibodies necessary for protecting puppy’s organism from infectious diseases. During last predelivery days body’s temperature falls to 37°С (norm is 38,8–39,3°С). During pupping, the temperature rises again to norm or can be a little above it. Shortly before pupping, she-dogs show anxiety, try to avoid people, search for secluded corner and refuse meal.

Before the beginning of dog’s pupping, prepare the following:

– Pure towels, some rags, which will be necessary for taking a puppy and helping it to be born (puppies in fetal bladders are very slick);

– Rubber hot-water bottle;

– An

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A young dog, as well as a teenager, has an immature mind in almost adult body. The process of puppy’s growing, as well as maturation of a child is uneasy, and your problem consists in helping your pet to endure it trouble-free.

Dog’s instincts are extremely developed; because of it dogs do not always understand human priorities. Let’s take a look at some processes occurring in a body and in the mind of a young dog.

1. Permanent teeth erupt, that’s why your dog needs to chew constantly. This desire is so great that if your dog does not have toys, it will use any things meeting to it for chewing, including furniture and any expensive subjects. That’s why it is extremely important to buy good toys for chewing. Some dogs do not feel drawn to chewing, but later it can have problems with tooth system. If earlier you had a dog,

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As well as the woman, she-dog passes some pregnancy periods. Your dog changes and this will help you to define the duration of your dog’s gestation.

During the first two weeks after coupling enlargement of nipples gives signals about early pregnancy.
Veterinary surgeon examines dog’s belly, and after it s/he can tell whether it is in pup or not.

But if you are still in doubt as to your pet’s pregnancy, ask your vet to do analysis of blood or make ultrasonic-diagnostics. Of course, dog’s pregnancy is shorter, than that of a woman, and dogs pup in 63-65 days after conception. And if there are three trimesters of woman’s pregnancy, there are also three periods of dog’s pregnancy lasting 21 days each.

On the sixth week of pregnancy a dog has an insatiable appetite. During this moment you should give it more food, because your pet must support puppies, and

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From the moment you became the owner of a she-dog, you take in hand not only welfare of this pet, but also the health of its future broods. It is a great responsibility, so you should be ready for this. This article will give you some useful information.

So, preparing your dog for the pregnancy you should start long before the coupling. From the moment, when your pet is on heat for the first time, you should give it balanced food, in which there should be enough minerals, microelements, vitamins and nutrients, or during pregnancy puppies will develop slowly and risk to be born weak and frail.

However, don’t overfeed your dog, excess weight and obesity can turn out with big problems and even become the reason of spontaneous abortion. Consult a veterinary surgeon, he will give you all the recommendations about feeding and will help you to make a correct

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Every owner loves their four-footed pet and tries to protect it from troubles, but, unfortunately, no one can feel secured against dangerous meeting with parasites which can be in the hair, on the skin or in the organism of dogs and do irreversible harm to it.

Depending on favorite « places of residence» all parasites are divided into external (fleas, scabies mites, dog biting lice) and internal (nematode worms, cestodes and flat worms). External parasites live on the skin or hair of a dog and suck its blood, inflict suffering on your pet, causing an itch, a rash, falling out of shreds of the hair. The most widespread external parasites are:

Fleas. These bloodsucking pathophoric parasites attack dogs in summer and in autumn more often. The best way of fleas control is preventive maintenance. Periodically examine the hair of your dog and its tender places (belly, neck, inguinal region, tail and head).

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As well as other pets, dogs are infectious-prone. The most dangerous infectious diseases are rabies, Aujeszky’s disease, distemper, parvovirus enteritis, viral hepatitis, leptospirosis and tetanus. Invasive illnesses are helminthoses and invasion of the body by various ectoparasites (for example, fleas), non-contagious illnesses are diarrhoeia, rachitis, poisonings, vitamin hypovitaminosis, etc. Dog’s owner should have minimum knowledge about normal physiological condition of an animal, because he must be able to render it first pre-medical aid, to see symptoms of an illness.

Sometimes you can see the so-called forced (obsessive) movements, when your dog mills around in the same direction (manege movements), involuntary spasm (tic). The most essential symptom of illness is dry and hot nose. If your dog fell ill, you can see conjunctivitis, cough, diseases of the throat, changes in the character of excrements (color, consistence, quantity and frequency), bad appetite, rise or fall of temperature (normal temperature is 37,5 –

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