My westie bitch has just been for a scan, she is 5 weeks along. It was a very experienced vet who scanned her and she guessed the pups were 6 weeks, when I told her they were only 5 she looked shocked and asked was their any chance that a bigger dog had got to my girl aswell as the stud (he is bigger than her, but she's not a big westie)! I no that this wasn't possible but it has got me worried, as I have read that westie can have problems with their pelvis's being too small. To add to the fact that they are large she's having 5! Which we did not expect being her first litter and the average westie litter being 4!
She is already hungry all the time, was a very picky eater before, and we are trying not to give her to much extra food until 6 weeks, as advised, but she is really ravenous! Could giving her extra food now make the pups even bigger? We are giving her rasberry leaf extract, as we have heard good things about it, mainly on here.
Thanks for any advice you can give on this matter!