Pregnant dog question ?
Pregnant dog question ? General Dog Discussions
My Chihuahua-daschund impregnated my daschund. I rescued her when she was 2, have had her a little over a year and she can be very shy. Was neglected and at the time we got her only have our 2other females dogs I've had since puppies who are fixed. I never had a male dog until now and when he started acting interested in her (they days leading up to them breeding), he was only about 8 months old and I separated them on a daily basis. One of the days I was not able to supervise them; he was in the bedroom and she was in the main part of the house and he chewed a hole through the door and tore up the carpet to get to her. He is fixed now but that day my boyfriend and I came home to them "stuck" together and now it is 2 weeks and 2 days until she is due to give birth, she's filling out significantly can hear her bearing under the bed at night (she always slept under there when not in the bed with us and would'dig' into the carpet before settling down). She also loves to hid/lie in the corner of our bathroom. My main concern is she is constantly breathing heavily, almost labored, grunting, sometimes wheezing, groaning. Even when I hold her and try to settle her into sleep she seems so restless and uncomfortable, won't calm down, and her breathing is starting to concern me. She's not having trouble breathing but I don't know if it is normal for her to breath this hard this far away from her due date. I just noticed a major change the past couple days (she's more noticeably filled out the past couple days as well). Also my 2 female dogs are some times snappy with her. One will growl in her face until she submits, did this early in her pregnancy too; it was the first sign I took to think she was pregnant before she showed any significant signs of pregnancy. Is this normal? Is this a sign she may deliver early. Other considerations: she is about out 3.5 years old, it is her first litter, and my male that bred her is probably about 3lbs lighter than she isI'm actually one of the most responsible pet owners there is. I work with animals professionally. Animals are my LIFE. I can't imagine doing anything else with my time. I never said that she has not been been seen by a vet, she has been seen by a vet twice since being impregnated. This was an accidental breeding. I had no idea my puppy would get to her. I fixed him right away afterward (he was on a waiting list to get fixed BEFORE she went into heat the time that they bred and I nearly begged the hospital to move my appointment up to fix him, which they were able to). You're entitled to your opinion. I'm not asking for judgement though, but advise. It's too late now to do anything but sit up and worry and monitor her until I can get her in to be seen in the morning. It's not a constant breathing but has been getting gradually more noticeable. That's why I started the question. Because the past hour it's been heavy on and offHe chewed through the door to get to her. I didn't know they would breed, he was set up to be fixed once he was old enough after 6 months, several weeks before she went into heat . Anyway, I am getting her fixed after the puppies, I don't think you understand just how extremely emotionally affected she was by her neglect/abuse. It took her a long time to trust people and adjust to her environment. One of my close friends shelters dogs to adopt out to help the animal shelter through the vet clinic she works at and one of the dogs she couldn't adopt out she kept and has had over 3 years and she still will barely let her near her and no other humans are able to come close even still. My vet originally recommended *not* to get her spayed right away because it would just add more stress and trust issues. Like I've said at the time I only had 2 other females that are spayed and my newest puppy I had the appointment to get spayed at the minimum age they recommended. Also, I k