I have been breeding and showing Bullmastiffs for the past 12 years and have never myself used Raspberry Leaf tablets with the bitch.

At the moment my 2 year old bitch is expecting her first litter and after speaking to a few other breeders I thought I might put her on the tablets.

I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has used Raspberry leaf for their bitches.

I would also like to know what dosage she should have.

I used them for my bitches, and myself! Raspberry leaf tea is recommended in human pregnancy as well). The bitches certainly whelped easily enough, and my labour lasted 7 hours, start to finish. For a large breed the dosage for Denes tablets is 4 tablets a day from mating for the first five weeks, then 4 tablets twice daily till whelping.

I too drank Raspberry Leaf Tea when having my first . It is supposed to ease the birth I think . I did have an okay birth ( if any of them a ok ?? :( :) )
Lel

I'm actually in Australia and I have the Natures Own 500mg tablets.How many of these per day.She weighs about 53kgs.

Thanks for the help.

Karen

Hi Karen,
Is there a contact number or address on the tub label for you to contact? If there are no instructions then I would guess that, as she's a big girl, the same dosage as for a woman. They're not going to recommend a dangerous dosage for humans, I wouldn't have thought.

Good luck. :)

Thanks for your help Jeangenie (is that what I should call you?),
I read on one of the sites that for a dog her size 6 150mg tablets was recommended.The dosage for a human on this bottle is 6 500mg tablets per day.

If you know anyone that could enlighten me,I would be very grateful.

Thanks,

Karen

Hi Paganbelle,
If you've found a dosage for a dog, then I would most certainly go with that - until someone who knows more about that particular make of tablets comes online. I would start off giving her 1 of your 500mg tablets a day, then for the last couple of weeks give 1 twice a day. Err on the side of caution.

Hope this helps. :)

I agree.It does seem to be a very high dosage.I'll proceed with caution.

Thanks.

P.S.How did you get the emoticons?

If you click on "Help" at the top of the board it tells you how to do them! ;) :)

I clicked on help at the top of the page.The help page was no help at all!

There was nothing about the emoticons.Any ideas??

Karen

Did you scroll down the page? :)

:DThere was nothing on the page at all last time I went there.Now it comes up O.K.
Thanks for that .
As you can tell I'm no computer whizz!
But I promise it wasn't there before.lol.

Karen.

I have a very tentative relationship with our computer as well ;)

Hey y'all! I didn't even know that there were tablets out there - I was just using tea (and my bitch loves it!). Tablets would be easier... Where can I get some?? I'm in the US. :)

GoldenGirl :)

Doorwest herbs sell them , they are on- line... good luck I find them really good and know loads of breeders who swear by them..

i have a pregnant rottweiler bitch i have also been giving her rasberry leaf tablets i did read in abook that they recomend this for softening of the uterus help to ease the birth she is now due today but not started yet i will let you know how i think she found the birth i also supplemented with sa37 which had been recommended

Good luck with the impending birth.

My bitch is due in about 2-3 weeks.Hope the Raspbeery leaf does it's job!

Let me know how things go.

Karen.

hi karen jess,s labour has just commenced very restless fingers crossed i am following her everywere Tracy

hi jess just produced 1 pup suppose i will be up all nite let you know

I expect you will be.Oh! the joys of breeding.Good luck!

well sorry i took so long but what a nightmare jess didnt progress very well with whelping i was on the phone too the vet every hour no more pups were produced she had injection oxytocin then after leavin vets practice at 5.30 in the morn of thursday i was back at 6.30 still no more pups he then proceeded too check birth canal internally she had still not expelled the 1st after birth then she had green i obiviously thought dead pups in tummy i was so upset when my vet sed he needed 2 do a section anyway after sayin good bye too jess i phoned vet 2 hours later and was told jess is fine just comin round she has 4 live puppys i just burst out cryin 2 bitches 3 dogs them all wieghed in at 10 too 14 ounces jess is such a good mum too she has been through alot poor girl i felt awful but all very healthy jess back too normal self hope your bitch is ok by the way the little bitch that i helped deliver i am keeping i have called her star.5 in total no dead ones wished i had mentioned a section earlier but she wasnt distressed or havin pushin probs it is called uterine inertia dont know if i spelt that correctly.good luck with yours

I tried it too. However my doctor did advise it was not recommended for anyone who had a history of going into pre-mature labour? Don't know the whys or wherefores of that statement but thought it best to pass on incase any champdoggers thought they would try it with that history - best check with their GP first. :-)

I've never used them during my 4 pregnancies, but I do give them to my dogs when pregnant. I give Wheatgerm Oil before mating and up to 3 weeks after, then give 1 Raspberry leaf tablet a day until 6 weeks after mating, then increase to two daily...........I've not had any problems, not really sure if they actually do any good, but I've never not given them to know any different!

I didnt know you could use it on dogs as well as people! it didnt work on me I still had a 24 hour labour and went ten days over due!
But I guess anything is worth a try!

wispa had raspberry leaf from 5 week in the pregnacy untill 1 week after the birth,i get mine from holland/barret,1 tablet a day.she had 10 puppie in 4 hour in her first litter and this litter 7 in 5 hours which she is 5 1/2 years old,brie had the same 9 puppies in 5 hours,as well as r/l i give vit b and c.

10 pups in 4 hours thats good i also got my rasberry leaf tabs from holland an barrett what dosage did you give your bitch i also have been giving sa37 she is fed on eukanuba also hope everything goes well she is now off her food an restless

1 TABLET A DAY.MINE WAS ON EUKANUBA.BUT THIS WEEK SHE GONE OFF IT,EATING RAW MICE,NATURE DIET.YORHART,AND ALOT OF WHELPI,THE PUPS ARE 11DAYS OLD,AND ALL OVER 2LB AND STARTING TO WALK.GOOD LUCK

Raw mice??!

The ultimate BARF? ;)

hi jess just produced 1st bitch puppy at 9.20 she started too push at 9.10 10 mins too come out wieghing one pound waitin for the next arrival keep you imformed tracy

I have used Raspbrry Leaf for years and whilst I am not sure they do any good - I don't think they do any harm either. All our bitches have them but the last four have all had sections, this however seems more and more common in Cavaliers, more so now that we are breeding first litters from older bitches in order to check state of hearts etc. I am a strong believer of natural remedies so will continue.

Rasberry leaf tea is recommended in human pregancies to induce labour rather than relieve labour . I used it when past due date !
Not sure of its properties concerning dogs though , A good question for the vet i think
Good Luck

Raspberry leaf tablets are excellant!!!!! We also use them to help prevent false pregnancy problems. They definately do make a difference. Bitches definately whelp easier with the tablets, they help to tighten the womb (so I was told by a company who makes them). I would most definately recomend them. :)

Manda
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Thanks for the feedback everyone.Only 10 days to go for my girl,she's already producing milk and things seem to be progressing well.I,m giving her 4 500mg tablets per day.I'll let you know how the birth goes.

Karen.

Hi
Just a little curious but can you use rassberry leaf for any breed of dog ?
Betty

Yes, Betty, most definitely! :)

Yes,I believe Raspberry leaf is used on all breeds.My bitch is due,she is already producing milk,which is great as of late I have had bitches not producing at all even after the pups are born.The Raspberry leaf appears to be doing the job!

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