Well Sheena is starting week sick today. The time sure is flying. Wish my pregnancy went as fast as this. lol. Here is what is said happens this week:
http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/medica...html#pregnancy
Week Six (Days 36-42)
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES
Development of skin pigment
Fetuses should weigh around 6 grams and be 45 mm long
Fetal heartbeats can be heard with stethoscope
CHANGES IN THE BITCH
Nipples darken and enlarge
Abdomen continues to enlarge
CARE OF THE BITCH
Add cottage cheese or hard boiled egg to food daily
Increase the amount of food in the extra meal
Bitch should start sleeping in whelping box
TO DO LIST
Assemble whelping box
By this time you should be fairly sure that the bitch is pregnant. Notify the people on your puppy list. Let them know when you expect delivery.
The past week Sheena has been doing wonderfully. She is now much bigger. Her sides sway as she walks or attemps to jog. lol She is eating more and drinking more. She is Very cuddly. She also loves her whelping box already and will go in there to eat, drink, sleep and chew on toys and so on. Sheena will be starting to have a lunch today now. So basically she is now on 3 meals.
The whelping box is almost done. We just have to add the door, pig rails and lino to it. We are putting lino down on the floor and part way up the sides to make it easier to clean. Luca has already been trained to stay out of it. He likes to stand beside it resting his chin on it as he gazes at Sheena doing what ever she is doing. The cats are also learning to stay out of it as well.
That is it for now. I will be taking pics of her later this morning in front of the whelping box so you can see how much bigger she has gotten. So far all is going great and we are counting the days till the x-ray.
Nicole & Sheena (moms to be)
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