Dogs should avoid overnutrition in the early stages of pregnancy

First stage (1-30 days): Dogs that have just been conceived (within about 1-2 weeks) should try to avoid strenuous exercise and maintain their usual feeding The level is fine. Don’t add too much meat, eggs, nutrients and food intake, because the fetus grows slowly and is very small. If you feed too much food, the nutrients will be absorbed by the mother’s body, which is equivalent to gaining weight for the dog! Being fat and inactive is prone to dystocia!

Dogs need to increase their nutrition in the second trimester of pregnancy

The second stage (30 to 45 days): the baby in the dog’s belly begins to grow~ The most direct change you can feel is the dog’s baby Frequent urination. If you used to walk your dog once in the morning and once in the evening, you should add 1 or 2 more times a day, increase the amount of exercise appropriately, and enhance the dog's physical condition! Increase nutrients in an appropriate amount, such as meat, eggs, yogurt, etc., but they must be small amounts. If the fetus absorbs too many nutrients and grows too fast, it will also cause dystocia!

Dogs’ food intake should be controlled in the later stages of pregnancy

The third stage (45-60 days): At this time, you can clearly see that the dog’s belly is bulging~ In the last few days, You can still feel the baby rolling in the belly~~ Make sure the dog gets a certain amount of exercise. If it can't run, take it for more walks. Dogs at this stage are like hungry wolves who never have enough to eat! But you must control the amount of feeding. If you are soft-hearted, feeding too much will harm it.

On the 50th day, it’s time to prepare the delivery room. As for the exercise of the pregnant dog, you only need to go out for a walk and defecate every day, and the food supply habits are the same as usual. Nutrition during pregnancy is very important and plays a decisive role in the health of the dog, ensuring the normal development of the baby, preventing miscarriage, and the secretion of milk. Pregnant dogs should be fed foods with higher nutritional value to increase the content of protein, calories, calcium and phosphorus.

Precautions for feeding dogs during pregnancy

Generally speaking, pregnant dogs can be raised according to the original feeding method in the early stages (about 35 days), and the pregnancy dogs can be raised according to the original feeding method between 35-42 days and 42-49 days. , 49-60 days, the dog food should be increased by 10%, 20% and 30% respectively on the original basis. Especially in the later period, attention should be paid to adding some dog food that is easy to digest, high in protein, rich in calcium, phosphorus and vitamins. On the 35th to 45th day of pregnancy, the baby should be fed 3 times a day, and on the 44th to 60th day, the baby should be fed 4 times a day. However, do not feed too much in the second half of pregnancy. It is best to reduce the amount of food at each meal and divide one meal into three meals.