Hi can anyone help. i have a bitch due to whelp 29th she is already showing signs of having them early she has lost the mucus plug this morning is there any chance the pups will survive if born this week thanks

According to The Book of the Bitch a litter can be born anytime between day 53 and day 72.

Is that any help?

The Book of the Bitch is available from Amazon, and is an absolute bible. :)

Dawn R.

This isn't Charlie is it?

Cheryl

Hi
Who is charlie
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I have no experience of a dog whelping that early.  If mine come early they come about 4 days, and then they are fine.
I would have to call a vet for advice to be honest. Just to see if thats okay. As I am not a vet I would not like to make a firm judgement on whats going on.
The one thing I am going to say, are you sure she was mated on the day your thought she was ?  Their was not another dog lurking that could of got to her earlier ?  As that sounds really early to me.  Or did you just write the dates down wrong and in fact she is not as early as you think she is. Thats easily done you know.!

Anyway good luck and I hope all things work out well for you and your girl. Let us know how you got on.

R

PS

Sorry I forgot to add, maybe she is not in whelp as a lot of breeds loose a clear discharge, very stringy from 6 weeks. Some do and some dont. But it could be nothing at all to worry about.  I have seen stringy mucas hand to the floor.  Quite often after they have had a wee.
Anyway take care and hope all goes well

R

Hi thanks for replying to my message this morning.Imated my bitch the 26th august this is not her first litter and i have not gone through anything like this before.My bitch is in pup as i have felt and seen pups move.I took her food of her this morning as it came up possible troll post caution dont feed thinking this was something she had got until I learnt later what it actually meant.At the moment the bitch is quiet calm but she has gone off her food keeping fingers crossed she holds on to them a few more days.
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I make that 11 days early and I have heard of litters up to 8 days early being viable, so fingers crossed if she holds on a few more days you should be ok - keep us posted! :-)

Hi LucyD
Idont know how to post this on the forum as I am new to it but I thought I would let you know that my bitch had her pups last night 4 days early mum and nine pups doing fine. thanks again for answering my question

Excellent news, you must be really pleased. Well done to mum too! What breed are they btw? Any pics?

Hi lucy
They are german shorthaired pointers. She had 5 dogs and 4 bitches and all are doing fine. Mum a lot happier now they are here
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