The immediate environmental temperature should be kept between 85 and 90 degrees for the first five days of life. From the seventh to the tenth day, the temperature can be gradually reduced to 80 degrees; by the end of the fourth week it can be brought down to 75 degrees.
All puppies eyes have a clear film on them when they first open...don't be alarmed, it should go away in a couple days!
6 weeks. You should start giving them softened puppy food.
when the dogs temperature goes up and milk comes out of her teats then she is due in a couple of days
a dog will only eat her puppies if she feels like she is not ready for puppies after the first one you should be fine but still keep an eye on them for the first few days
Check with your Veterinarian about his/her specific protocol, but generally puppies should get their first Distemper Vaccine at 8 weeks of age.
In speaking with my vet and going through this for my first time. The vet told me puppies can be dewormed at 2 weeks with their first shots being done at 1 month.
All puppies should be checked for worms and dewormed by 6 weeks of age. They should also start their first of a series of vaccines at that age.
The newborn puppies should be nursing from their mother, they get all the liquid they need from her the first two or three weeks.
My neighbors Golden had eleven pups in her first litter. She had another litter a couple of years later and had nine.
I would think yes.
My dog had six puppies in her 1st litter of puppies.
Puppies lose all of their baby or milk teeth. As the adult teeth grow in the milk teeth should fall out. Sometimes both will be visible.