does your pregnant dog need vitamins hi my name is haley and i am owner of arrowhead bulldogs
and this is ivy my offspring and then this is elsa now elsa is about 20 days post ai and si so
i don't know yet if she's pregnant so i can't do an ultrasound like i would love to do just yet i
have to wait until about day 30 to make sure that there are puppies in there that they are visible
on the screen however that does not stop me from giving vitamins so today i'm going to show you
six vitamins that you should be giving to your pregnant bulldog so you're already doing all
the right things right like you're already giving super nutritious food maybe even raw which is like
the best but no matter what you're giving them they're going to need some supplements when
they're pregnant because all of that nutrition that you're giving them they're focusing yet
and on possible puppies so just like with regular moms every you know human people um you need extra
vitamins right you just your body knows what to do and it just starts feeding everything
you have to those babies it's the same with your bulldogs or any uh dog really so these
are the things that i suggest giving um before you even know whether they're pregnant or not
you start giving vitamin c you should be giving vitamin c long before they are even pregnant
um it's obviously for immune building it doesn't even matter what brand um some are more economical
than others but as long as you're getting vitamin c in them that's what you need to do you can't
get too much whatever your body doesn't need it automatically not only you but your dog
your it's your body will automatically basically pee it out so you can't get too much vitamin c
i don't care what brand i like this one because it's in the capsules
and it makes it really easy to disperse onto the food um you're already going to be giving some
sort of glucosamine to your bulldog because hello joints right glucosamine joint action
you need it so i like earth-borne hip and joint um they're holistic they're grain-free
they're actually a treat so they don't even know that it's a vitamin that you're giving them and it
has an amazing amount of glucosamine already in it which i haven't been able to find in other foods
or other supplements and they're pretty reasonable on the pocketbook so i really like these ones
so we're doing the vitamin c we're doing the earth born and then you're coming up to when they should
be going into heat um there's of course no specific day um so we automatically will start
giving vitamin e vitamin e vitamin e vitamin e is an amazing antioxidant and it allows all the
other vitamins that you're giving them to really support their body and not only does it help with
hair skin nails but also is immune it helps with your immune system and it even says the heart
function and overall it's really great thing to give your dogs they need it especially if they
are building puppies now the tricky thing is i like this specific brand we'll link it below
um you need to make sure that you are getting the d alpha vitamin e i've said it before
um the dl alpha is the easiest to find and most common but it is synthetic
and their body does not absorb it the way that the original d alpha vitamin e is absorbed
so i'll link this one because it's my favorite and i get very sad when it is not on amazon anymore so
it hits and miss but check back find it it's awesome it's my favorite um so
those are the three that you're giving regardless and then you go ahead and you do your breeding um
the next thing that you want to make sure you're adding is folic acid what it does for your puppies
or your potential puppies as it helps to reduce your risk of getting a cleft palate i have yet
to have a cleft palate puppy some breeders when they have a cleft palate puppy they automatically
assume that it is better to just euthanize them i don't want to have to get in that position to make
a decision like that i've done a lot of research they're completely savable from what i've read
um there's a lot of tube feeding involved a lot of things that are involved that makes
a bulldog puppy who's already difficult more difficult to raise but i'm hoping the reason i
haven't ever had a cleft lip puppy is because i'm continuously giving them folic acid every day once
a day the minute they are bred folic acid don't forget it so you're coming up to their due date
right so one of the things that you don't want to forget is calcium how do you give a dog calcium
um no name brands mentioned but this is a um antacid chewable tablet it has plenty of calcium
in it we give we crush up two a day on each meal but you don't want to start giving it to them
until i believe it was about day 50. i listened to a whole podcast by the akac there's a reproduction
specialist that they have interviewed and they specifically give lots of good information about
how to take care of your breeding female and they talk about vitamin or calcium calcium if it is
given too much too soon their body will not absorb it it almost becomes immune to it so when their
body does need it it won't be able to absorb it so we start giving calcium about day 50 so about 10
12 days out from when their c-section is scheduled and then that way when her body does need it
it'll be there it'll be ready it's very important to continue the calcium after birth
after their c-section because they're using all of the calcium that they have to produce milk to then
feed the puppies lack of calcium can actually cause death and nursing or nursing dams so
make sure you have your calcium and if you ever start getting like head trimmers head shakes
things that are a little off maybe they seem kind of spacey call your vet immediately
um because there is a good chance that they are low in calcium and it can be life threatening
call your vet now as they get closer sometimes you can see that they'll start
producing colostrum sometimes they don't um so one of the things that we do to help
increase the opportunity to have milk produced properly is i can never pronounce this right
fenugreek i don't know but most nursing mamas will tell you that this is what you know they've taken
at some point to help produce their own milk it is completely safe to give to your breeding female
but you don't want to give it too soon either so a couple days before their um c-section date
you want to go ahead and start just giving them a capsule a day until they have their c-section and
then it's just to support their milk production as they are um as they are nursing their puppies
so those are the six things that i highly suggest to give your your pregnant or possibly pregnant
female dogs as they're getting close to their due dates and hopefully miss elsa is pregnant
and we should be able to find out here within the next 10 days so i'm excited um so make sure that
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