Pregnant Scottish Terrier

[ScottieMommy]

Hello everyone my name is Leila and this is one of many forums i belong to. My dog is a female Scottish Terrier.


I was planning on breeding my Scottie once she got older, she is curently 15 months old. But my friends Poodle was over when she was in heat her first days tho. I did NOT see a tie happen but i know that a tie is NOT needed for a dog to get pregnant. Slipped mating can produce a small litter as well. If shes pregnant she will be 5 weeks tomorrow. I took her to the vet on Friday the 7th and she told me there is an 80% chance shes pregnant and she felt two little things. She has all signs of being pregnant.

What do you think? I am not trying to start anything just getting some advice.

These pictures where taken on August 28th the day before she turned 3 weeks pregnant.






This one was taken on 9/10/07





These where taken yesterday 9/11/07 i shaved her belly like a week ago.

[ScottieMommy]

Im i feeding Nena too much? Today she starts week 5, sorry about the other mistake i counted wrong. Since last Friday the 7th when the vet told me there was an 80% chance she was pregnant i started to feed her more. Usually she ate like once a day PLUS things through out the day and human food sometime. Since Friday i started to give her two of her meals a day PLUS i been cooking her some chicken noodle soup with cheese. Now three days ago she started to be more picky with her own food tho will eat as much as i give her of my food. I can still manage her to eat one bowl of her own food a day PLUS mine. Since i started to feed her more that Friday she has been having soft poo and diareah some days as well. Remember she also got the rabies shot on Friday but it would of clear by now. Now yesterday i came home and she has potty diareah with some sort of gel like. And this morning as well and she also trew up which i know is normal in pregnant dogs and she has only done it once in her whole pregnancy. She started all this on Friday when we visited the vet and i started to change her diet and feed her more. She has never done this before. So i figure it was due to diet chance and feeding her double what she ate before. Could this be it?

[Freedom]

Well, I wouldn't keep feeding her our foods, it isn't well balanced. Didn't the vet make any recommendations for a pregnant female foodwish?

Good grief, what surprise you have!

[RedyreRotties]

I think you need to supervise your bitch in season better.

I think you need to do more research about breeding in general since increasing diet and caloric load before week 6 can lead to issues in some bitches.

I think vaccinating a bitch who might be in whelp is VERY UNWISE!!!!!! ESPECIALLY RABIES!!!!

I think you should research Von Willebrand's Disease in Scottish Terriers.

I think you should have an ultrasound done on your bitch to ascertain for CERTAIN if she is in whelp.

And I really think you should spay your puppy and forget about breeding.

JMO of course....

[ScottieMommy]

I think you need to supervise your bitch in season better.

I think you need to do more research about breeding in general since increasing diet and caloric load before week 6 can lead to issues in some bitches.

(I DID not planned this breeding.)

I think vaccinating a bitch who might be in whelp is VERY UNWISE!!!!!! ESPECIALLY RABIES!!!!

(VET told me is was ok to do so it was not my choise and is a KILLED vac NOT live)

I think you should research Von Willebrand's Disease in Scottish Terriers.

(DID AND DONE)

I think you should have an ultrasound done on your bitch to ascertain for CERTAIN if she is in whelp.

(Will do x rays at about 50 to 55 days)

And I really think you should spay your puppy and forget about breeding.

(She is 5 weeks along NOT aborting now.)

Anymore questions when i required answers?

Thanks for the help tho.

[ScottieMommy]

Freedom thanks for the help =] Nope the vet told me to keep feeding her like i was doing. A meal a day i guess then? I will go easy on her too. It seems she started this when i started to feed her more.

[Ginger's Mom]

Anymore questions when i required answers?

I was confused by this since I did not see any questions in the previous posts. You did indicate you were looking for advice, and you did receive some advice.

[ScottieMommy]

Yes my mistake tho they where advice they seem more like questions. I did not get a responce from Redeye only more questions it seemed. Her first sentence did answer my question but then she continued on. I dint ask for that. But i am still thanksful that she posted and helped out.

[RedyreRotties]

I did not ask you a single question.

You asked what people think.

I told you what I think. Of course you would not agree with any of it, or you would not be making the OP.

FWIW, and ultrasound NOW would tell you if in fact your bitch is pregnant or not. SOmething that might be good for you to know.

[ScottieMommy]

FWIW, and ultrasound NOW would tell you if in fact your bitch is pregnant or not. SOmething that might be good for you to know.

Well the vet told me is best to wait untill she is at least 6 weeks and i will find out on my own and come back for xrays on days 50-55. So thats what i will do. And she has all signs, tho could be false pregnancy which i doubt. I have never seen her like this.

[critter crazy]

What exactly are you asking of us?? People have given you their opinions, but you dont seem at all interested. So what exactly are you looking for??

[vinjashira]

ScottieMommy, perhaps you can find the answer to your question here:
http://www.akc.org/breeders/resp_bre...andfeeding.cfm
http://www.akc.org/breeders/resp_bre...ndfeeding2.cfm

[ScottieMommy]

Thanks for all the help.

[Vela]

/sigh poor pup. Not good to feed her a bunch of people food though, you could make her ill. It's not balanced or formulated for dogs, and chicken soup is high in sodium, and cheese is not great for them either except as rare occasional treats.

[buttercup132]

What exactly are you asking of us?? People have given you their opinions, but you dont seem at all interested. So what exactly are you looking for??

Attention? Sympathy? Potential buyers?

I am not trying to start anything just getting some advice

Sorry but you come onto a pet board saying you failed to watch your dog in heat while around a intact male..it's gonna start something. I'm assuming you came here because the other boards got upset too. And if you were planning on breeding her you should know what to expect. Unless of course you planned on doing it the BYB way. But OF COURSE you wouldn't be doing that now would you?

I think you need to supervise your bitch in season better.

I think you need to do more research about breeding in general since increasing diet and caloric load before week 6 can lead to issues in some bitches.

I think vaccinating a bitch who might be in whelp is VERY UNWISE!!!!!! ESPECIALLY RABIES!!!!

I think you should research Von Willebrand's Disease in Scottish Terriers.

I think you should have an ultrasound done on your bitch to ascertain for CERTAIN if she is in whelp.

And I really think you should spay your puppy and forget about breeding.

I love that we have reputable breeders on PT now. Great post count it as my opinion too.

I think vaccinating a bitch who might be in whelp is VERY UNWISE!!!!!! ESPECIALLY RABIES!!!!

(VET told me is was ok to do so it was not my choise and is a KILLED vac NOT live)

Just thought I'd throw this out there too most vets are dummies.
Of course they will tell you to vac you dog more money for them faster.