How can you tell when a dog is pregnant?

**Jessika** · 01-13-2006, 10:13 PM

Its nearly impossible to tell this early, espcially if she is still in heat. Even if she's not pregnant, she can still display signs OF pregnancy, such as lactating nipples, etc. Jamie went through something similar and gave me a scare, but she ended up NOT being pregnant.

If she is still in heat, she CAN NOT be spayed until its over.

The only way to tell for 100% certain, aside from time and waiting it out, is to bring her to the vet!

For reference though when Jamie went through her heat, her nipples got large and hard and gained some weight, too. But its a part of the normal cycle I assume and a week later she went back to normal.

**dogzr#1** · 01-15-2006, 09:21 AM

I told her about everything you said and even directed her to this thread. I don't see her till monday so i had to just email the information to her. I'll let you know what she says/does. thanks for the info

**wolfsoul** · 01-15-2006, 11:54 AM

It's impossible to tell without asking the vet --- The vet knows what to feel for when feeling around the tummy. Visa's breeder had a dog that she had bred that never turned out to be pregnant, even when she was to give birth in two weeks. That's how hard it can be to tell sometimes.