Canine Reproduction  & Whelping Guide   by Debbie Jensen
First Stage of Labor


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Canine Reproduction The Series DVD
Explains how to prepare and assist a bitch whelping a litter.
Shows you step by step what you need to do during the birth.
  • Cutting Cords
  • Aspirating
  • Whelping Tools and How to Use them
  • Artificial Insemination
  • Predicting Due Date
  • Signs of Labor
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    Letter to You
    Why I became an Imperial Shih Tzu breeder

    Whelping Photos
    See pups as they are born

    Heat Cycles
    First days of heat

    Pre Natal Care of pups
    Care of the Bitch before and during Pregnancy

    Mating your dog
    Best days to bred your bitch

    The Stud
    His ability to produce sperm and mate and artificial insemination

    Is she Pregnant
    Signs she is pregnant

    Java Due date
    Inside her body fertilization to birth

    Due Date Chart
    Puppies are usually born 61 days after conception

    Temp Chart
    Taking a dogs temperature and recording her temp to predict her whelp day

    Print Temp Chart
    Taking her temp to determine whelping time

    Whelping Supplies
    Hemostats, bulb syringes, towels tons of them

    Labor Stages
    Digging, Shivering and Panting

    See a Live Birth
    See my Shih Tzu deliver a pup

    Hard Labor Begins
    Whelping the puppies

    Aspirating Throat & Nose
    Removing Fluids from the nasal passages

    Umbilical Cord
    How to cut the umbilical cord

    Difficult Whelp (Dystocia)
    What to do if shes in distress

    What Can go Wrong - Movie
    Distressed Pup and Mom

    Care of Bitch
    Discharge, Retained Placentas, Eclampsia

    Puppy Care
    Fading Pup, Bottle Feeding, Tube feeding, Vaccinations

    Weaning the pups
    Giving the pups food

    Disease of Dogs
    Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvovirus

    Worms and Fleas
    Roundworm, tapeworm, Coccidia, Fleas & Giardia

    Selling Your Puppys
    Placing your Puppies

    Terms of Breeding
    Common breeder terms we all should know

    More Whelping Photos

    Imperial Shih Tzu by Jensen
    Imperial Shih Tzu breeder since 1976
    Now Chinese Imperial Dog



    First Stage of Labor


    Thanks to Melissa Albright



    Your Dam may exhibit all or just some of the following signs.


    Stage 1
     
    • Temperature will drop to 98 degrees or so...
    • Eyes will dilate
    • She will stare at you and want you near
    • Refusal to eat
    • Hide under your bed or a dark place
    • Laying on her side but can't seem to get comfortable
    • Mucus Discharge

    Stage 2 - pre labor
    • Digging
    • Shivering
    • Panting
    • Staring at her rear end
    • Licking vulva excessively
    • Mild Uterine Contractions

    Stage 3 - Labor
    • Hard Uterine Contractions
    • Extreme Shivering
    • Water Breaking
    • Grunting and pushing
    • Visible sign of the First pup and delivery (Whelp)
    Note # If the Dam is pushing and grunting and crying out in pain
    that lasts for over an hour with no visible pup,
    you maybe in trouble.
    This is when you need to search your gut.
    Ask yourself, How do you feel?
    Do you feel you are safe or in trouble.
    Go by your gut instinct.
    Read the Dams signs, her body is talking to you.
    She is probably safe if she is napping between contractions,
    but if is she becoming exhausted from constant pushing and straining,
    if she appears close to collapse you maybe in trouble?
    She is telling you something is wrong and a puppy maybe to large to pass thru her pelvis.
    If you feel you are in trouble. Call your Vet and get ready to seek help.