Causes of dystocia in dogs:

1. Mild labor pains: Some female dogs are in poor health and have weak physical strength. They cannot exert their strength during labor pains, or they are Because dogs usually exercise less and are too obese, dogs may have weak labor pains. Environmental factors may also cause dogs to have weak labor pains.

2. Vaginal stenosis: If the mother dog’s own vagina is relatively narrow, even if the baby dog ​​is small, they will not be able to secrete normally, and dystocia will occur.

3. The dog baby’s fetal position is incorrect: Just like us humans, if the fetal position is incorrect and is not in the correct delivery state, the dog mother will not be able to give birth normally, so dystocia will occur and a caesarean section will be required. Can.

4. The baby dog ​​is too big: If the female dog consumes too much nutrients during pregnancy, and it does not absorb it well, if the nutrients are absorbed by the baby dog, the fetus will develop. It is relatively large, causing the mother dog to be unable to give birth smoothly, resulting in dystocia.

5. Placenta detachment: If the dog’s pregnancy period has not yet come, or the delivery period has not ended, but the dog’s placenta has detached, it will easily cause hypoxia to the fetus, thus endangering the fetus. their lives.

How to deal with dystocia in dogs:

1. Since it is difficult to correct the fetal position in the uterus of a female dog, midwifery measures should be implemented quickly after the cause of the disease is clear. For female dogs with labor-related dystocia, medication can be used to induce labor combined with forceps traction to assist in delivery. For dystocia caused by other factors, caesarean section surgery should be performed immediately.

2. When there is no abnormality in the soft birth canal (the cervix is ​​fully opened), if it is considered that labor dystocia is due, oxytocin can be injected intramuscularly at 1 unit/kg of body weight at intervals of 20 minutes. 1 time, usually 2-3 injections. In order to improve the contractility of the uterus, 10% to 30 ml of 10% calcium gluconate can be infused intravenously.

3. For difficult labor caused by birth canal and fetal abnormalities. You should be sent to the hospital promptly for caesarean section.