Nutrition during Dog Pregnancy
If your pet dog is pregnant, you are recommended to be careful of the diet of your dog. She must get optimal nutrition to maintain good health so that she can produce physically fit and healthy pups. The diet should consist of homemade food items. They must not contain any form of chemicals or preservatives. By consulting a vet doctor you may try increasing the diet supplements in a balanced way. Start simply by giving a normal diet during the first half of the gestation period. In the second half try increasing the diet of the dog. But you must be careful of the nutrition balance of the food items that you feed your pet with.
The food must necessarily have increased proportion of protein. The food items like the eggs, cottage cheese, liver, yogurt, goat’s milk and such are to be given in large amounts. While preparing the diet of your dog you must also keep it in mind that the dog should not be overweight. Weight gain may lead to larger size of babies and the mother dog might face delivery complications. With the advancement of pregnancy gradually lessen down the amount of food. But serve food more frequently in small amounts than large amounts given once or twice in a day.
Increase the amount of water intake in your dog. Try not to treat her with any chemicals, not even de-worming medicines and flea repellants as they can turn out be toxic for both the mother and the babies.