As far as the vaccines go, ensure that your puppy is up to date and considered protected....
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It's going to do its best possible job....
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It's critical when you get a puppy to come in right away, and then every three weeks until they're four months....
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Puppies can be on puppy food as early as four weeks old....
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So the first thing we do, as with any appointment, is a thorough exam. This is making sure that your dog is healthy enough to be on prevention....
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During labor. The big four categories. If it's been more than two hours between a puppy....
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Number one, pregnancy duration is 63 days, give or take....
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Dog preventative care is anything that we do medically speaking that prevents disease....
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You’ll know the number of pups due to the x-rays....
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So usually, they don't start showing until the last trimester, so that's the last two to three weeks....
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It depends. So dogs do very well on their own, and that's fine. And that's plan A....
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Absolutely. Where else is she going to have it?...
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If you suspect your dog is pregnant, the best thing to do is get her to a veterinarian....
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Well, for obvious reasons, if we're preventing things like infectious diseases, for example, we give a rabies vaccination to prevent that dog from ...
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So preventative care is stopping diseases before they start.
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I'm going to be honest with you; just from personal experience, I can tell you that this is a highly variable answer....
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So things you would look out for would be nesting behavior—the mama dog trying to find a quiet corner and make an area for her to have puppies....
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It’s kind of in the term there in that it’s the prevention of disease.
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Dog preventative care is kind of a misunderstanding....
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So ultrasound is only about 30% accurate for determining the number of puppies that she'll have....