taking your dog's temperature hi my name is Hayley and I am owner of Arrowhead Bulldogs
and today I'm going to show you how to take your dog's temperature now there's a lot of reasons
why you would want to do that but today we're going to be focusing on taking their temperature
because they're pregnant now nadia is about three days away from her c-section date and
as they get closer to the date that they would naturally go into labor it's really important
for me as an English Bulldog breeder to keep an eye on what her temperature is because that can
give me a good clue as to if she might go into labor early or if she's approaching her normal
flavor cycle so what I'm going to do is I'm going to show you how to do that and typically a dog's
temperature rest between 101 to 102 now we've been tracking her temperature for a few days
that way when her temperature does drop I'll be able to know specifically when that is and
we're trying to take her temperature a 2 to 3 times a day so we do it before any strenuous ex
activity so we do that first thing in the morning before they go outside to potty well do it like
around lunchtime when they are hanging out and they're pretty chill and then again before bed
I really focus on the one before bed because I don't want something to happen at night when
I'm asleep in the day they have eyes on them all the time and her face is really itchy at
the moment so the things that you need to have are a digital thermometer and it will work I do
suggest putting something on it so you know that it's the dogs you don't have to really use on a
family member you need some type of lubricant so this is just petroleum jelly it's not my favorite
thing to use but it's what I have on hand right now you can also use personal lubricant you can
also use coconut oil you just need something to TIPA days but it's easier and more not as
annoying let's put it this it's not painful it's just inconvenient and annoying to them and also
some wipes so some content me with mint money so we're going to open our lubricant and our
thermometer which was already clean yeah I just you can't eat this no you can't you want to make
sure it's nice and covered no they're pregnant we're already going through other groups that
they might not enjoy as much so why make between a temperature anymore difficult right Tommy happy
look at that belly look at that boat your faces all right so you turn it on and you
simply just insert it you don't want to go to a bar just let it do its thing yeah you pet them
make sure that they are relaxed this again you want to keep their heart rate at a normal rate
so they're not super excited and get in their own body temperature worked up so we just might
here and we're patient yeah look at that belly like I said she's due in about three days for
her c-section we schedule c-sections about day 62 after insemination you know dogs can
go anywhere from like 58 to 64 days so we try to go pretty much in the middle of it so that
way we don't have new babies that are premature but we don't want to risk them going into labor
naturally either and then we're seeing either their lives or the puppies lives so it's known
yeah so by taking your dog's temperature you can actually give yourself a heads up as to
what else is going on with them if they're just not acting right by taking their temperature if
it's too high or too low it'll give you a heads up so Anan ease is 100 on the dot so while that's
not in the the scary zone it is a zone where I'm gonna be keeping a very close eye on her
she's also already showing some other signs that she's getting close like she's not eating a ton
at once she's gone potty more often and it's getting harder for her to control her bladder
which is why we have lots of puppy pads in here for her but by now knowing that I'm keeping
record of it I have it written down and so if it just drops a few like another degree maybe
that's what I'm gonna go ahead and I'm going to call my vet and say hey this is what her
temperature is at this time this is what it was earlier so what would you like us to do
so that's always something that you want to keep in mind keep track of it on document as
much as you can that way you can go in to your vet with all of the knowledge and that's what
we're going to be doing so thanks for taking a watch and give us a thumbs up if you liked
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