Photos (below) taken last night as Blottie stretches out and relaxes in front of the fire. She will be seven weeks from her first mating tomorrow and seven weeks from her last mating on Friday. The gestation for a dog is around nine weeks. We are feeling faint movements, which over the next few days as the pups grow and take up more space, will become stronger. I got the whelping box out yesterday and gave it a good clean. You should have your whelping area up around two weeks before birth to get your bitch used to the area mentally and physically to calibrate her immunity to any pathogens in the whelping box and area.
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CAROLINE BERRY
1/18/2022 04:31:25 am
Looking very comfortable. Interesting information about the Whelping box. I’m learning lots from your website!
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1/18/2022 01:50:18 pm
Doesn't Blottie look cosy and comfortable by the fire !
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