my dog gave birth to 13 puppies this morning her 1st litter was unplanned i was in hospital having m,y baby when she gt caught my dad was looking after he but he didnt tell me she gt caught untill 2 weeks ago once mitzy started looking rather fat vets have advised us to feed teh puppies lacote anf feed mum it too but any tips on heath care for puppies wuld be great never planned on her having any bever mind 13! she was menat to be spayed the day b4 i went into hopital but with everything going on i forgot about the app and by time i gt round to maing another 1 she was already 6 weeks gone!

tanya on here has a website full of information about breeding and raising a litter. but for the life of me i cannot find a link to it!

hopefully someone else will come along with it.

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ok thanks hun x

is this the one ?
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Hi, glad the birth went well. You will need to stay with her whilst the pups are small 24-7 especially with a big litter, they are easily laid on and many puppies die because their mum doesnt realise she is laying on it. What breed is she? i cant help on the feeding the pups as I have never needed to but I am sure someone will be along soon who does know. I would definitely feed some to mum in her food and she will need plenty of protein in her diet to keep up with the milk production. She should be on a good quality puppy food also. You will need to weigh them all daily to check they put on weight. You will need to look out for signs of eclampsia(not trying to panic you) as dogs with large litters can be more suseptable(sorry bad spelling) Postpartum Low Blood Calcium in Dogs | petMD. Did she pass all the placentas ok?Is she in a whelping box?

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I don't feed my pups Lactol (although i do give it to mum for the first few days) - but then I've not had a litter of 13 - and it is quite possible that they will need supplementing.

You need to get advice on feeding such young babies as getting it wrong can damage and potentially kill the pups.

You don't say what breed she is - but she needs to be fed on demand and very often - for an average size litter (7/8 pups) - I would have my bitches on around a kilo of a good quality puppy food plus beef, chicken and oily fish - and around a litre of Lactol a day (it's far from cheap feeding a bitch with pups - and your girl is likely to need more than this.

I have to ask - whilst I appreciate you had little control over what happened with your girl - why was she scheduled to be neutered when she was in season confused:

Bitches are normally neutered around 3 months after a season - neutering during a season would normally be limited to serious, possibly life threatening situations as the risks to a bitch are high.

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oh i dnt no that hun just called vet and booker her in ?? thanks for all the tips shes a cross breed mum is lab x staff and dad is collie x alsatian x huskie im gonan try get sum pics on today x

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wow what a mix of breeds. when you sell them, I'd be inclined to call them Heinz 57.

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