Hi everyone. When does everyone scan their bitches to confirm them being in pup? I've been told 4 weeks by someone then day 40 by someone else!

32-35 days

Thanks for reply

I don't and never have gone for scans.   For me, if I get a couple of good matings, I wait.   Scans will only confirm, or not, a pregnancy at the time of the scan.   There are no guarantees that the pregnancy will carry to term.   Further, when a bitch is pregnant, she should be leading a stress free life, and as going to the vet can be very stressful for some dogs, I'd not put mine through that.   Or for that matter, risk infection - sick dogs go to vets after all!!

If, by the end of the pregnancy, no puppies appear within 2 days over the due date, then I take mine to the vet for x-ray which is far more accurate in any case.  

Scanning only really lines the pockets of vets.  So unless there's a need to know at an early stage (mistake mating?) so decisions can be made, I'm against all this scanning.   My opinion.