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What are the feeding precautions for a pregnant dog?

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The gestation period of dogs is 58 to 64 days, with an average of 62 days. During pregnancy, the task of feeding and management is to strengthen the mother dog's physique, ensure the healthy development of the fetuses, prevent miscarriage, and ensure that each litter produces many robust, vigorous puppies with a large birth weight. For this reason, in the feeding and management of pregnant mother dogs, in addition to providing a complete daily ration, the feed must be hygienic and of guaranteed quality. Never feed moldy, spoiled, deteriorated, toxic or strongly irritating feed, to prevent miscarriage. The feed should not be changed frequently

The gestation period of dogs is 58 to 64 days, with an average of 62 days. During pregnancy, the task of feeding and management is to strengthen the mother dog's physique, ensure the healthy development of the fetuses, prevent miscarriage, and ensure that each litter produces many robust, vigorous puppies with a large birth weight. For this reason, in the feeding and management of pregnant mother dogs, in addition to providing a complete daily ration, the feed must be hygienic and of guaranteed quality.

Never feed moldy, spoiled, deteriorated, toxic or strongly irritating feed, to prevent miscarriage.

The feed should not be changed frequently, and the volume of the feed should not be too large, so as not to affect the development of the fetuses.

In the early stage of pregnancy (within about 35 days), the pregnant mother dog does not need specially prepared feed, but care should be taken to feed her on time. After 1 month, the fetuses begin to develop rapidly, and the demand for various nutrients increases sharply. At this time, in addition to increasing the amount of food supplied, the pregnant mother dog should also be given some feed that is easy to digest, high in protein, and rich in calcium, phosphorus and vitamins, such as meat, internal organs, eggs, milk and so on. At 35 to 45 days of pregnancy, she should be fed 4 times a day; do not feed overly cold feed or drinking water, so as not to irritate the stomach and intestines, affect digestion, or even cause miscarriage.

The pregnant mother dog should have appropriate exercise. In the early stage of pregnancy (about 1 month of pregnancy), exercise for about 2 hours a day; in the later stage, free activity can be used. Attention should be paid to preventing heat, and it is strictly forbidden to whip her or force her to jump over or climb obstacles. To prevent squeezing each other and fighting, the pregnant mother dog should be kept in a separate kennel, and attention should be paid to keeping the dog's body and the environment clean.

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