Those symptoms include: 1  Shortness of breath or inability to exercise. 2  Swelling (edema) of the feet and lower legs. 3  Fatigue and weakness. 4  Rapid, forceful, uncomfortable or obviously irregular heartbeat (palpitation) 5  Abdominal discomfort such as swelling, pain or nausea. 6  Mental confusion.
*It's important that you enter the 1st day your dog was bred. Assumes a 59-63 day gestation period. If you are reading this well in advance of the due date for your dog, we have several product suggestions from Amazon we would recommend for helping the whelping process go smoothly. The nice thing about Amazon is the free shipping for eligible orders over $25 and the great product reviews from Amazon visitors.
Female dogs, or bitches, become pregnant when they are in oestrus, often called being in heat. Oestrus in a dog generally averages about 25 days. A female dog pregnancy term or gestational period can vary from 54 to 72 days, or 9 weeks from the day of ovulation. What exactly is Oestrus? Female dogs have reproductive cycles every 6 or 7 months. During this cycle there is a period of time when they become sexually active, this is estrus. This is the time when a bitch will breed with a male dog.