During the natural process of birth is in no way a state of emergency, and if normal does not need help or first aid, a number of variants of normal or may arise. Some of them like amount to an anomaly effective and need professional care, assistance or perhaps by the owner. The following comments are for novices to distinguish between normal and abnormal, between the natural physiological and pathological complications. Even breeder experienced very often, this aspect of the whelping difficult to understand.
The uncertainty as to whether the risk of puppies of life and the risk of degradation of the dog, creates a major problem in their heads. In general, it is best to consult your veterinarian too early and not to delay too long, that the chances of survival of the mother and young will be proportionally greater.
If surgery is necessary, is the shape of animals, the best chances, the dog is not exhausted. Any surgery necessary measures, you should adhere strictly to the veterinarian, in any case, owners can try, or allow someone is trying to delivery by the use of pliers, etc.
The first signs of pregnancy are agitation, “bed”, and often the refusal of food. It is usually a drop in body temperature (approximately 98E.) Twenty-four hours, or if there are whelping. Chills and breathless usual, and all these signs are quite normal. Within several hours for the launch itself the work of these symptoms. The contractions of the uterus or uterus and begin at this stage of the dog shows signs of a complaint acute regular heaving, margins and gasping.
These spasms and lasting is more often than whelping process continues. It is important to note when the first real contractions (ie that the margins) are as much depends on the interval between the onset of symptoms and appearance, or non-submission of puppies.
The first, which is found in a whelping normal, water is handheld, can be just as a sudden expulsion of liquid, as tears, or is broken by the dog. If this panel is not been to 1 hour of the date of labour costs, it is advisable to check that everything goes well.
This may be a vaginal examinations with a properly cleaned and seifte fingers. Sweet put the finger in the vagina and the puppy must also be in the basin time, ie within a few centimeters of the vulva. To avoid slipping or the probe if the puppy to feel. Leave the female for 15-20 minutes and then, in the absence of puppies born, the dog. If puppies have not even further in the direction of the vulva, or if at the first examination, the puppies pocket or water could be felt, you can call your veterinarian. These deadlines are conservative, some dogs are slower than they are nevertheless quite normal.
In general, however, reasons for delays should not significantly exceeded. The first puppy is usually within 20 minutes-1 hour with the second and so on until all the jet arrived. The rest of Luder May for a few minutes after, say, 2 or 3 puppies and, of course, this time should not be counted in the decision, as the questions are not yet completed. Complications are therefore rated better evaluation by the delays involved, supplemented if necessary by the smooth vaginal exploration.
A complication, the inertia of the uterus, is from time to time. If that is suspected of your veterinarian should be immediately informed.
It takes two main forms:
(a) The dog is routine by all in the bed, etc, and then, after a bit of abdominal complaints, others have no symptoms of work or contractions of the uterus. This is known as the main uterine inertia.
(b) The Luder May show signs of the margin, which are often well enough to start, but with increasingly weak and less, without the appearance of puppy. That is what the secondary uterine inertia. Both types of uterine inertia qualified require attention, perhaps not with the aid operation. One of the causes of misfortune predisposing activities laziness, or going to bed “on the job”, is fatness, and dogs should not be forgotten, likely to exercise properly the state until the effective date its whelping. Prédisposent certain diseases or effect of this lack of noise of the uterus, but the search for the cause and the need for treatment must remain the expert.