"E" pregnancy/litter diary

Pregnancy dairy seems to be good to follow up all changes in female's body, her attitude and all the little things that comes up once we done mating. So making photos every few days seems to be good desicion and new owners mostly love watching them. Here is diary of our Beba, where we will follow her during all pregnancy.

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56-63 DAYS (8-9 week)

Almost there... Fully 8 weeks passed without any problems, Beba handled it super easy. In past few days she became less active, she eats 3 times a day. We are feeding her Monge Starter food from her 7th week. As her bladder doesn’t have much space, she is going out much more, even few times at night.
We prepared scale for newborn puppies, from today her temperature will be taken 3 times a day, towels are prepared etc. And we are also fully prepared. From 56 days, pups can be safely born.
Our Beba came into labour on her 63 days of pregnancy (29/09/) and gave birth to 8 pups.

Beba pictured 61 days after first mating (27/09).

Beba pictured 59 days after first mating (25/09).

Beba pictured 56 days after first mating (22/09).

42-56 DAYS (6-8 weeks)

We bravely stepped into 6 weeks. Big belly is well noticed, appetite is enormous, but keeping her down from fast running is challenge for us. We are more into simple tricks and easy walks here around, in nature. She has many toys for taking away her mind, we fill them with treats or other food. Soon, also her whelping box will be built, a little early because she will be mom for the first time.

Beba pictured 53 days after first mating (19/09).

Beba pictured 50 days after first mating (16/09).

Beba pictured 46 days after first mating (12/09).

28-42 DAYS (4-6 weeks)

Beba’s cuddly attitude is still appearing. But her appetite went down, so we are feeding her food she really likes. Her portions are a bit bigger, but still not doubled. We are of course avoiding walks in city or parks, instead of them we are going on regular walks in forest. She is fully vaccinated for contagious diseases, but it’s still not worth taking risk. Jumping, heavy playing, running on hills are excluded too.

Beba pictured 41 days after first mating (07/09).

Beba pictured 38 days after first mating (04/09).

Beba pictured 34 days after first mating (31/08).

14-28 DAYS (2-4 weeks)

Pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound (24/08).

Beba has still very big appetite. She also get small portion at morning. We noticed also she became very cuddly and is seeking for attention.

Beba pictured 25 days after first mating (22/08).

Beba pictured 18 days after first mating (15/08).

0-14 DAYS (0-2 weeks)

First days of course we didn't noticed any changes, except big appetite. Beba was always picky for food, actually since she came to our kennel. She never ate her whole portion, always left at least 1/4 of her food in bowl. Few days after last mating things changed - she became really hungry. As this will be her first litter (at least we hope) we can count this is a good sign!

Beba pictured 8 days after first mating (05/08).

Beba pictured 5 day after first mating (02/08).