How to take good care of newborn dogs
When a puppy is born, it will immediately suck milk. The puppy should be lying beside the female dog in order to suck her breasts. If there are many baby babies in one child, the last baby dog (usually small and weak in physique) should be placed on the last two pairs of nipples to suck breasts. After repeated several times, each baby dog will have a fixed nipple.
The newborn puppy suddenly leaves the mother's uterus and contacts the outside world. At this time, temperature and lung respiration are the biggest differences. The body temperature of newborn dogs is low (the body temperature is 34.5-36℃ within 1-2 weeks after birth, and there is no trembling reflex. It relies entirely on external heat sources (such as the mother) to maintain normal body temperature. Therefore, it is necessary to keep warm (about 50% of the dogs who die within 1 week due to cold.
Puppies from birth to weaning (about 45 days old) are called dogs. The dogs open their eyes 12 to 15 days after birth, and they have poor mobility, but they grow faster and have a high nutritional requirement. Therefore, raising dogs should do the following aspects.
Some puppies do not breathe or bark when they are born. , that is, the phenomenon of false death occurs. At this time, you can turn your head down, sway the dog's body left and right, use a suction ball to suck out the amniotic fluid from the mouth and nose of the dog, wipe the nostril mucous membrane and the whole body with an alcohol cotton ball, and gently press the chest wall rhythmically. Usually, artificial respiration lasts for 3-4 minutes and the puppy can start to breathe by itself. At this time, put the dog in warm water of 39℃, wash away the filth on the body, then wipe it dry with a towel, and put it in the incubator.
Eat colostrum in time: The milk that the bitch endocrines 1 week after giving birth is colostrum. Colostrum is rich in r-globulin, which can enhance the dog's disease resistance. The dog's stomach has digestive function 5 hours after birth, so after the dog is born Colostrum must be eaten within 12 hours to 48 hours, and it is best to eat colostrum 6 hours after birth. In general, the colostrum of bitches can be eaten by dogs. If artificial feeding is required, feed it every 3 hours within the first week; feed it every 4 hours after 20 days: feed it every 6 hours after 20 days. The artificial milk formula is: 1 egg, 300 grams of concentrated bone broth, appropriate amount of baby cake flour, 200 ml of fresh milk, mix and cook it, and add 1 grams of lysine, 0.6 grams of methionine, 2 grams of fast fat, appropriate amount of salt (0.5%) after cooling, and filter it through the gauze.
Artificial breastfeeding: When breast milk is insufficient, milk or milk powder should be used for artificial breastfeeding in time. Since dog milk is thicker than milk, feeding milk alone is insufficient nutrition, and some milk needs to be added to the milk. Feed the powder to the dog. In addition to the death of the bitch, be sure to let the newborn dog eat colostrum to enhance the disease resistance and improve the survival rate.
Artificial feeding: After 20 days after giving birth, the amount of lactation begins to decrease. Generally, feeding fresh milk or rice and meat food every day. Milk is about 100 ml per day, and the milk temperature is between 27℃ and 30℃, and it is fed 200 ml every day. After 20 days of age, feed 200 ml of milk every day. You can also refer to the following feeding formula: 500 grams of lean meat or internal organs (minced), 3 eggs, 300 grams of corn flour, 300 grams of flour, 500 grams of vegetables (minced), appropriate amount of auxin, 4 grams of salt, mix well and add water to make steamed steamed buns and steamed. When feeding, add 5 grams of lysine, 3 grams of methionine, 10 grams of fast-weight, and appropriate amount of multivitamin, sprinkle on the cool steamed buns 1. Add a little bone broth for dogs to lick.
Artificial breastfeeding method. Within 10 days after birth, the daily feeding amount of dogs is about 100 ml. The tools can be replaced by baby feeding bottles, and feed 4 to 6 times a day. After opening your eyes, let them exercise their feeding ability, feed them on a plate, and let them lick. 10 to 20 days after birth, the amount of breastfed supplement is about 300 ml. After 25 days, train the dog to eat porridge-like food by itself. About 45 days, you can stop milk completely and eat porridge-like food instead.
Foster care: This method is suitable for situations such as excessive number of bitches, death of bitches after childbirth, and less milk or no milk after childbirth. At this time, let other breastfeeding breasts (nanny dogs) feed the dogs. This method is more beneficial to the growth and development of the dogs than artificial feeding. However, the delivery time requirements of the two litters are similar, and the breed size is basically the same. Generally, the difference in the age of the dog is no more than 3 days.
Breasts are used to identify their dogs by the smell of the dog. Before sending the milk, apply the milk or feces of the baby dog to the fostered dog. It should be more to make the scent of the baby dog smell, so that it will be easily accepted by the baby dog.
From 6 weeks of age, the baby dog has the function of trembling reflex and adjusting the body temperature by itself. The eyes are opened at 10-16 days, the ears are opened at 15-17 days of age, and the breathing frequency is accelerated. These all help promote and maintain a higher body temperature, from 2-6 weeks of age, the body temperature rises to 36-39℃, and approach adult body temperature after 4 weeks of age. The monitoring of the baby dog should be strengthened to prevent the death of the baby dog due to the female dog's squeeze, trampling, abandonment and hunger (the baby dog is not allowed to eat with less milk).