At the beginning of dog births intervals between labor pains can make up to several hours. Body temperature at this time raises. The dog labor pains are stronger, the smaller intervals occur between them, and the temperature (within physiological norm) above rises.
The birth canal revealed. From a loop appear dense, mucous, rather turbid allocation. The animal can be in such condition from one hour to one day. Time between dog labor pains gradually decreases, and force of labor pains and their duration increase. During this period of time the dog don't feed and don't give to drink.
Before the beginning of dog births the animal often looks back back and licks a loop. At this time the stomach is intense. At strong dog labor pains puppies separate one from another and the stomach becomes lumpy to the touch. To labor pains which become more often, stronger and more regular, birth pangs join. At this time the dog can lay down sideways or sit down; some give birth standing, others often change position. At the moment of birth pangs the dog raises a tail.
Gradually water bubble with a puppy inside is pushed out from a pelvic cavity in a vagina and from there under the influence of uterus reductions the puppy goes to an exit. The water bubble is filled with jellylike liquid and protects a puppy and an umbilical cord from squeezing and mechanical damages.
At the time of delivery the bubble bursts also the liquid being inside washes birth canal. The puppy is born in an own cover.
After the water broke, sometimes not immediately, there is a puppy. The interval between the birth of puppies can reach up to three hours. In normal after the water broke strengthening of birth pangs, increase in their duration and rhythmical alternation of birth pangs with dog labor pains is observed.
If after certain time the puppy was born, this interval of time physiological norm for this bitch means. If within three hours the puppy wasn't born, it is necessary to call the veterinary expert urgently.
Dog births proceeds normally only in that case when puppies are correctly located in the birth canal of mother. The backbone of a puppy should be located parallel to a backbone of mother. The first there is a head and the forepaws combined under a chin. After several strong reductions the puppy is born entirely. Also, the puppy can go pelvis and hind legs. Both previa is considered normal.
As soon as the puppy was born, it is necessary to break off a cover about his nose and to rub off a muzzle a soft napkin. The following step consists in uniform pulling up of an umbilical cord to pull out a placenta.
The umbilical cord should be broken off, but preliminary having squeezed it that blood flew to a puppy. An umbilical cord break off, having clamped it on distance one - two centimeters from a puppy and on the same distance from a placenta, index and big fingers of both hands. It is possible to pull only towards a puppy. If the umbilical cord very strong it needs to be made an incision the sterilized scissors and to break off. If the umbilical cord bleeds, it is necessary to draw its silk thread.
After a birth of a puppy a dog-mother carefully licks it, overturns and masses language. In such a way it stimulates its breath and blood circulation. As soon as breath of a puppy becomes normal, it actively creeps up to dummies and starts to suck.
After dog births, each puppy is necessary for weighing and attentively to examine to be convinced that it doesn't have cleft palate, cleft lip, deformation of a tail and extremities. Also it is necessary to count up number of fingers and to check up a condition of an umbilical ring. In a notebook write down time of a birth and a sex. On a neck to a puppy tie a thread with number which designates birth order.
Under a dog put a dry diaper and as soon as the following dog labor pains begin, newborn puppies put in a small box with a warm hot-water bottle. During dog births it is necessary to watch that there were all placentas strictly. If last placenta is late for several hours it is necessary should consult a veterinarian.
In the process of dog births is losing a lot of strength. Therefore, after dog births ends, it is useful to give a few milk with glucose and several drops of cognac. In the first several hours after the end of dog births a dog-mother are very difficult for tearing off from puppies, therefore is better to leave it with puppies in heat and rest. Over time it can be deduced on walk in a place habitual for it, to wash away a solution of potassium permanganate.
In the first days after a birth of puppies it is necessary to feed a dog with semi-fluid food, it is desirable sour-milk. Access to water should be constantly. During breast-feeding of puppies (approximately five - seven weeks), the organism of a dog demands qualitative high-calorie food. The requirement for calories increases every week on 25 %.
Is better to feed to a dog with ready dog food, for example dog food for beagles. In the first week after dog births it is not recommended to feed an animal with meat as this food can easily provoke eclampsia - the special form of a toxicosis which results from decrease in the maintenance of calcium in blood.
In the first days after dog births the animal will have a raised body temperature. Within the first days can be present greenish discharge which are replaced on reddish. The profuseness of discharges for everyone dog is individual, but if they are absent in general or proceed more than three weeks it is necessary should consult a veterinarian.
Everyone dog after the delivery demands to herself the attentive relation and needs rest, correct feeding, walks, daily change of a laying and hygiene observance.
