my breed is is on her 57 day  she been acting funny today restless she lost her mucas plug 2 days ago took her to vet today and she is dilating how soon do i expect the pups

Hi someone will give you advice soon - I am new to this myself- Best of luck x

thx

Well, you won't be going to bed tonight, that's for sure!!  :-)  :-)

Perfectly normal for a bitch to whelp successfully up to 7 days early, so no problem there. 

If she needs to go outside for a wee, she could give birth out there, put her on a lead, and take a torch.

thx been up she is very restless but no sign of pups yet she isnt producing any milk yet either vet says this is normal so just got to keep eye on her

Good luck!!

she got up this morning and losing a lot of gue so hopfully not long

sounds promising

Milk on some bitches takes a couple of days to come in, so don't worry.

any news? :)

none at all she been losing stringy gue all day but nothing as yet

> but nothing as yet

Welcome to zombie land!!  :-)

when do u think it will happen how long can they b dilating for have u ever gone through this urself or no if this as happened to any 1 else thx

Once a bitch is dilated, I would never leave them over 4 hours before rushing off to the vet for help.

my vet never said that yesturday she said it cud b a couple of days b4 any pups im so confused

...............any further news yet???

no none she did somthing in the night she never done she did a poo in house it was diarrea and she as been sick a little this morning and when she is weein when she done she keeps squating back down  looking at her behind cleaning it getting up walking a little then squting back down so who no,s

can u see any contractions is she straining?

well about half hour ago she was layed out on her side n we could see the pups moving low down near  her bottom end that way down lol and she tenced up and jumped up looked at me as if to say wats happening lol she just got up and went for yet anouther diarrea poo i rung vets they told me to hang back and let her be

if she straining for more than 2 hours get her to the vet if there no pup after this time

What you are describing indicates contractions have started.  She isn't necessarily trying to wee!  The last bitch I saw do this needed a C-section because contractions are too weak.  The diahorrea is natural, her bowels emptying ready for birth.  I would start worrying about inertia just about this very minute, and wouldn't be on a forum.

Hope everything's alright? :)

thankyou everything is fine the vet says she is sound it wasnt a contraction she prob dint like all the pups moving cos she asnt felt anything like it before lol she is just so uncomfy cos she is big we just got to keep an eye on her thx for your replys its just a waiting game isnt it

any pups yet ???

watching this post any puppy yet hope mum and you are ok

no nothing yet but the vet says shes fine she a lil unsettled and all she doing is standing up she seems to b more comfy that way thx for asking

hi can any 1 help she as been sleepy today yest she started panting then stopped after a few hours it wasnt heavy panting just light all she as been doin is sleeping when she wasnt sleeping she as been just standing still staring

r u sure shes not haveing any contractions??? ...has the vet checked her ,its so hard to say whats normal and whats not when u carnt see the dogs !! ..but it sounds like she could be having contrations but can only go on my girl she would stair into space ,your girl is day 63 ? i know weve all said it not be long But im sure today is the day!!! i do hope all goes well for u both xx

this is nomal i bet she have them in the next 24 hours if she not had them bye thursday, bye work your days 65 day on thurdsday get her to vet again

as briedog says, it sounds normal. My girl spent the last few days doing just that, everytime she woke up, i thought it was time as she would pant and stare, but then she would go back to sleep again! :) my girl has had her jitters normally late evening when the house is quieter, be sure to be with her at all times, and i am sure she will be a mummy soon x :)

our first bitch we bred from was panting constantly for 24 hours before the first puppy appeared :-) It drove us all nuts :-) Our second bitch only panted about 10 times in 24 hours and we had our first puppy! I guess all mums to be are different (just like us humans)

not sure wheather she is avin contractions i can still c pups moving alot when she on her side she is just so strange but also theres no milk cumin from her teats but i have been told this can b norm with it being her first litter it will cum just after birth wish it wud cum she looks so peed off lol also she as been losing discarge 4 a bout 5days now evy time she as a wee

if the puppy are moving that great just before they are born 24 hour or more they settel down abit,before birth on the movement.
as for the milk dont worry my gollie didnt have milk in untill she give birth on both two litter but this litter she due any time she got milk in two weeks ago,
gollie yesterday was on day 57 he started to have a mucus clear discharge to it when you see a string of it that some time give it away 24 hours to birth,
but hey the dogs dont read the text book and each bitch is different,
like i say if she had them by 65 day just get her check out by the vet.
gollie had her both on day 60
brie had her on day 56 and 52.
wispa must have read the book day 63

well no pups she is still very sleepy she got out of her box ffor a brief moment came to say hello then went back in her box she had a long stringy gue this morning after her wee its was about 3 inche long last nite arond 9pm she had the jitters but only lasted 15 or so mins

they are coming,

what day is she today 64 if i am right

the vet has just rung to c how she is how nice was that with vets calculations its either day 63 or day 60 with the 2 matings we did so any dat really they told me to wait keep an eye on her if nowt happens after wend then take her down on monday

her temp is 37.4 this morning ?

our girl went down to 36.3 12h before she started to whelp but that dont always mean every dog will go that low ,it just depends what her temp was to start with .

It will generally go a bit lower but if you plot it or take note 3 times a day ( every 8 hours) you will see the steady but obvious fall .

It is generally generally a bit lower in the morning. If you measure correctly the prolonged drop you are looking for will be obvious.   All dogs do have the drop so do humans in whelp :-)

Any news??

none at all

get her to the vet today for a check up

hope every thing ok with you and the bitch

we r fine the vet not no start panicing she will c her on monday if she ant had owt by then

<<she lost her mucas plug 2 days ago took her to vet today and she is dilating>>

This was on the 26th (8 days ago) if your vet was right then I would be rather concerned by now.

Have you seen a temperature drop and can you still see  puppy movements?

yes all the pups still moving took her temp for last 2 days its been 37.4 thats 99 its not moved the vet is not concerned i can only go by wat the vet says she is going back to the vets on monday after weekend

Keep us posted, I've been reading this post every day.  Good luck with your girl & her pups.

thx maddog im doin m best she is just so restless cant get comfy anymore lol

Hope everything is ok.This seems like the longest pregnancy in history!!!

well my bitch had her today on day 58.in total

Well we all seem to be on puppy watch just now. My girl is at Day 60 from her first mating but is very big compared to her first litter. This last week seems to go on forever.............