Feeding of pregnant dogs

The gestation period of dogs was 58-64 days, with an average of 62 days. The task of feeding and management during pregnancy is to enhance the physique of the bitch, ensure the sound development of the fetus, prevent abortion, and each litter can produce more robust, dynamic and newborn paparazzi. For this reason, for the feeding and management of pregnant bitches, in addition to supplying full-price diets, feed should pay attention to hygiene and ensure quality.

Never feed moldy, rotten, deteriorated, toxic and strongly irritating feed to prevent miscarriage.

Feed can not be changed frequently, the volume of feed should not be too large, so as not to affect the development of the fetus.

Pregnant bitches do not need to be fed with special feed in the early stages of pregnancy (about 35 days), but they should be fed on time. A month later, the fetus begins to develop rapidly, and the demand for various nutrients increases rapidly. at this time, in addition to increasing the supply of food, pregnant bitches should also be supplemented with some digestible, high protein content, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin-rich feed, such as meat, viscera, eggs, milk and so on. Pregnancy 35-45 days, should be fed 4 times a day; do not feed cold feed and drinking water, so as not to stimulate the intestines and stomach, affect digestion, and even cause abortion.

Pregnant bitches should have appropriate exercise, about 2 hours of exercise every day in the early stage of pregnancy (about 1 month of pregnancy), and free exercise can be used in the later stage. It is necessary to pay attention to the prevention of heat, and it is strictly forbidden to beat, or force them to cross or climb obstacles. In order to prevent each other from squeezing and biting each other, pregnant bitches should be kept in a single circle and pay attention to keeping the dog body and environmental hygiene.