How to look at a purebred Shiba Inu
0 Jul 26,2025
1. A basin of warm water, alcohol for disinfection, sterilized dry cotton cloth, cotton swabs, scissors, warm water for drinking, hand warmer bag, and plenty of toilet paper.
After the puppy is born, first cut its umbilical cord with sterilized scissors, and then wipe it with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to disinfect it. The female dog will lick the afterbirth on it clean. After licking it, you can use a clean cotton cloth , just wipe the puppy dry. The key is the first week after birth. During this period, you must check on the puppy every one to two hours. One is to prevent the older dog from accidentally crushing the puppy while it is asleep. The other is to see if there are any If the smaller one can't get milk, give it a try.
Another important point is that when the puppy is just born, hold the puppy and let the older dog lick the place where the puppy urinates and defecates, so that the puppy can expel meconium. If the big dog doesn't lick you, take a cotton swab dipped in warm water and rub it until it urinates. You have to do it every time you go to see it after that! Also, before giving birth to puppies, it is best to put some linen pieces under the big dogs. Don’t throw them away after giving birth to puppies. When the puppy is one month old, whether it is given away or separated from the older dog for other reasons, cut a piece of this linen cloth and give it to the puppy to carry with him. This cloth will have the breath of when he was born, so he will not get sick from leaving his mother. The fire keeps roaring!
2. Prepare some warm water for the mother dog to drink: the delivery time is very long, so give the mother dog some water to drink between births.
A clean and soft box: This depends on your situation. If your dog is small, please prepare a small nest for the mother dog, and you can directly put the puppies in the nest. In order to prevent the puppies from crawling around, you can put them in a box first, and then put them in the kennel with the mother dog after the mother dog has given birth.
3. Warm water bottle: This is something you must prepare when giving birth to a dog baby in winter, because the heat preservation ability of the dog baby is very low, and they rely on the mother dog to maintain their body temperature. Before the mother dog has completely given birth, you A warm water bottle is also needed to help the puppy maintain its temperature. But be sure not to make it too hot to avoid scalding your dog. It's fine if it feels warm to the touch at 40-50 degrees.
4. Plenty of toilet paper or clean, absorbent rags.
It is not very clean for a dog mother to deliver a puppy. As the puppies are born, the dog mother will bleed and body fluids will flow out. Therefore, when delivering the dog, you should pay special attention to it. If you need these things, wipe them here and there.