Hi my dog is 31 days pregnant and I’m wandering what happens in her pregnancy at this stage? Do the fetuses start to look more like puppies? What happens today?

Updated On May 20th, 2020

Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua (Long Coat) | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 1 month old | 4 lbs

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Answered By Jessica Desrosiers

Veterinary Technician

Hello! This general article about pregnancy may help:

https://www.petcoach.co/dog/condition/pregnancy/

Trixie
is starting to enter the second half of her pregnancy, so you may start to see more significant weight gain, an increase in appetite (as the puppies are rapidly growing) and the starting of development of her mammary glands. Now is a good time in the pregnancy to have a checkup done at your vet to ensure mom and babies are doing well and start mom on a puppy food to increase the amount of nutrition she is getting to feed the puppies during development and lactation Your vet may recommend an ultrasound to see them and count them. As she nears the end of her pregnancy, around 60-65 days, you'll want to have an X-ray taken to count number of babies (if you don't know by then) to know how many to expect, and make sure a whelping box is ready for her to use when she goes into labor.

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