Dog Pregnancy Calendar: A Useful Way of Tracking Your Pet's Pregnancy

Expecting puppies in your house is an exciting event. You would like to be prepared for their arrival and would like to do your best to take care of the expecting mother. Preparing a dog pregnancy calendar is a fun and informative way to do so.

There is lots of information available online to help with your queries about dog's breeding, dog's pregnancy calendar and care for a pregnant dog. So read a lot to gather the needed information. www.dogbreedinginfo.com, www.pet-comfort-product.com and www.vetmedicine.about.com are some of the useful sites which provide a lot of handy information about handling a dog's pregnancy. But before following any of those suggestions, take advices from your vet.

A dog pregnancy calendar can be maintained to write down the expecting delivery dates and other useful information like what should be expected during a certain week of gestation, what is the nutritional requirement of the dam and what other care and preparation should be taken into account.

The first step in the dog's pregnancy is getting it mated during the right time or during its heat period. Take a note of the date on which the dogs mated and then you calculate the due date. The gestation period is almost 2 months starting form the conception day. The total length of gestation varies depending on the breed but it is usually 57 to 64 days and the puppies can be delivered anytime after 55 days. So mark the important days in your calendar and watch out for the nesting behavior in the Dam. A weekly canine pregnancy calendar is the most informative tool to keep record of the events.

Sometimes dogs show the symptoms of pregnancy even when they are not pregnant. This is called Pseudo pregnancy or false pregnancy. These false pregnancy symptoms can generally be there for 20 to 22 days. Pregnancy confirmation can be made at the vet's office by 22-25 days.