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Dog Pregnancy: 4 Supplementation Tips For Pregnant Dogs

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 | Printer Friendly Printer Friendly

1. Although it is imperative that you supplement your dog's diet once you discover a pregnancy, it is equally important to maintain supplementation even after whelping and continue to do so. There is a falsehood that goes around which recommends that dog owners should never add vitamins or minerals to their dogs diets unless they become sick or pregnant. This could not be further from the truth. Always supplement your dog with the nutrients needed for optimum health. 2. In addition to the above recommendation of starting your female dog on supplements, one of the most important reasons why you want to add vitamins and minerals to your dog's diet is to be sure that she is getting in the nutrition she needs should a pregnancy occur. Why should you prepare nutritionally before your dog is even pregnant? Most of the time female dogs will not even show signs of being pregnant until a least five weeks. By supplementing vitamins and minerals and other nutrients to her diet as a standard practice, you are assuring that her body is getting everything it needs during that time that you did not know she was pregnant. Those 4-5 weeks are vital to supplying good nutrition to the litter. 3. It is normal for a pregnant dog to go into a hunger strike that cans last for days. This happens only because she is experiencing some major hormonal changes. That is the good news. On the downside it can be very dangerous to her health to even miss out on one or two meals. This is where supplementation can really make a difference. Keep in mind that it is never recommended that her food intake be replaced with a vitamin diet. Except in this situation where she has decided to fast. It is better to give her the vitamin and minerals she needs to maintain a healthy disposition. In this situation you might also want to try trading her food for some yummy treats to make the supplements more attractive. 4. You may also want to consider adding raspberry leaves into your dogs diet. Although this seems like a new age ritual, this is old health wisdom from many years ago. Back in the day dog owners would mix chopped raspberry leaves in their pregnant dogs food. What do raspberry leaves do? It is said that raspberry leaves will help your pregnant dog to keep up with the proper amount of contractions needed for a proper delivery. Whether or not this will truly help your dog, you can do no harm by adding this plant to your dog's diet. You can find raspberry leaves in dried form in almost any health food store.


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