Canine Reproduction  & Whelping Guide   by Debbie Jensen
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Canine Reproduction The Series DVD
Explains how to prepare and assist a bitch whelping a litter.
Shows you step by step what you need to do during the birth.
  • Cutting Cords
  • Aspirating
  • Whelping Tools and How to Use them
  • Artificial Insemination
  • Predicting Due Date
  • Signs of Labor
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    Letter to You
    Why I became an Imperial Shih Tzu breeder

    Whelping Photos
    See pups as they are born

    Heat Cycles
    First days of heat

    Pre Natal Care of pups
    Care of the Bitch before and during Pregnancy

    Mating your dog
    Best days to bred your bitch

    The Stud
    His ability to produce sperm and mate and artificial insemination

    Is she Pregnant
    Signs she is pregnant

    Java Due date
    Inside her body fertilization to birth

    Due Date Chart
    Puppies are usually born 61 days after conception

    Temp Chart
    Taking a dogs temperature and recording her temp to predict her whelp day

    Print Temp Chart
    Taking her temp to determine whelping time

    Whelping Supplies
    Hemostats, bulb syringes, towels tons of them

    Labor Stages
    Digging, Shivering and Panting

    See a Live Birth
    See my Shih Tzu deliver a pup

    Hard Labor Begins
    Whelping the puppies

    Aspirating Throat & Nose
    Removing Fluids from the nasal passages

    Umbilical Cord
    How to cut the umbilical cord

    Difficult Whelp (Dystocia)
    What to do if shes in distress

    What Can go Wrong - Movie
    Distressed Pup and Mom

    Care of Bitch
    Discharge, Retained Placentas, Eclampsia

    Puppy Care
    Fading Pup, Bottle Feeding, Tube feeding, Vaccinations

    Weaning the pups
    Giving the pups food

    Disease of Dogs
    Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvovirus

    Worms and Fleas
    Roundworm, tapeworm, Coccidia, Fleas & Giardia

    Selling Your Puppys
    Placing your Puppies

    Terms of Breeding
    Common breeder terms we all should know

    More Whelping Photos

    Imperial Shih Tzu by Jensen
    Imperial Shih Tzu breeder since 1976
    Now Chinese Imperial Dog

    Heat Cycles
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    A female in " Standing Heat "
    Lifts her rear end to show the male she is ready to be bred

    This page is about the AVERAGE female. I've never owned an average dog but maybe you are lucky enough to own one.
    First Heat starts between 6 months to 14 months. My Shih Tzu's usually start at 9 months of age.

    Early Signs of approaching heat

    I have learned how to determine as early as 3-5 weeks when her heat will start.

    • She will mount other animals, stuffed animals and pillows.
    • She may become aggressive to towards other animals.
    My favorite way of telling is odd.
    Grab hold of your nose... seriously. Your nose is like the shape of her vulva. Like a pyramid. Your nostrils are the base and the top of your nose is the peak. At the base of your nose feel the firmness. Kind a hard, firm right? Her vulva will have this firmness a few weeks before she is due to come into heat.
    Now hold on to your lips. ... Fell the squishiness, their soft and plump. Right before you see blood her vulva will feel just like your lips.
    Now check a few times a day for blood. Use a white tissue and insert it in her vulva. If you see pink colored blood.. Walla You have found day one of her heat cycle..... Call your stud owner and let her know that your female has started her heat.
    If you are squeamish about feeling your dogs vulva you don't belong in the dog breeding business. Every day I pick up my dogs and check if its within months of her time. I rarely miss the first day of heat. I have learned to become one with my dogs. You should too.

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    Swollen Vulva

    Estrus Cycle is divided into 4 groups
    • Anestrusis the rest time between heats.
    • Proestrus is the first days of heat, swelling of the vulva , start of blood , the follicles containing the eggs mature over a few to nine days. Fertilization can not happen at this stage. Ovulation testing is recommended at the end of this stage, contact your Vet for a vaginal cytology or contact Camelot Farms, they have a new Ovulation test on the market.
    • Esterus or standing heat is when the female will accept the male. Her blood will turn to a lighter shade of red or straw colored. She will exhibit behavior like lifting her tail rubbing her rear end against objects and moving her rear end sideways. This behavior is called flagging. To test if she is flagging, rub your palm down her back to the base of her tail. If she lifts her rear end up in the air she is flagging. Ovulation occurs during this 4-7 day flagging stage. If you are going to breed do it within the 4-7 days. ( Average bitch ovulates on Day 11 of her heat cycle ) Breeding on days 10 12 14 or Larger breeds may be best to breed 8 10 12
    • Metestrus is the stage that readies the uterus for pregnancy. If fertilization does occur the fertilized eggs take up to a week before they attach themselves to the uterine wall.
      If fertilization does not occurs this stage reverts back to anestrus.