Generally speaking, the gestation period of dogs is 58-65 days (63 days on average). Take the dog to a regular pet hospital for X-ray examination one week before Labor Day. In addition to determining the number of fetuses, it is also possible to determine whether the dog will have dystocia according to the diameter of the fetal head and the size of the bitch's pelvis.
If you don't know when to breed, you can calculate the number of days of pregnancy by ultrasound through the calculation of fetal head diameter, and then know when to give birth. When the bitch is nearly 60 days pregnant, some signs of delivery will gradually appear:
1, the bitch began to fidget and kept scratching the floor and mat with her front foot, making a nest.
2. Most bitches don't eat within 24 hours before giving birth, or only choose a small amount of favorite food to eat; Some people throw up a little before giving birth.
3. The average dog's temperature is about 38.5~39.5℃. On the day of production, the bitch's body temperature will gradually decrease. The closer to production, the lower the body temperature, which may drop to about 36℃ 24 hours before production.
Dogs usually give birth in the middle of the night or in the early hours of the morning. Not all bitches will have the above symptoms at the same time, but when you see a dog with these symptoms, you must be prepared to give birth at any time.
The bitch who is about to give birth will keep turning back and forth, hunching her back, enlarging her abdomen, and beginning to have exertion and pain. The gestation period of a bitch is about 60 days. Before that, we should make good preparations for delivery and closely observe whether the bitch is about to give birth.