Hiya!!

Just wanted to say Welcome to the Forum - it is a really lovely place to be..!!

Although Im not a breeder, there will be many on here who can offer you great advise - I hope it is a smooth pregnancy for your gorgeous girl - I love boxers... so can't wait to read your updates and see how you get on!!

Good Luck with everything x

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Thanks for reading my post - Have a good day!

I am so pleased I plucked up the courage to post, it's lovely hearing from people.

Molly has struggled today with the heat, she wanted to be outside in the garden with Max & me but just got too hot. Although they have both had a nice treat of a Mr Whippy ice cream!!

It's amazing how she has quietened down; she is normally bounding around full of mischief and always playing with her toys. Now sleep seems her priority or having her tummy rubbed and she follows me around from room to room; even laying in the bathroom when I had a shower this morning.

Morning,

My girl has gone from a dog who hates getting up in the morning to a very early riser, I think her bladder is to blame. This morning she was eyeing up her tummy very suspicously, you know the way dogs do with their heads tilted. So I am presuming she can feel the pups moving. Molly is now 6 & half weeks; so any ideas, would she be able to feel them moving inside her?

I can't believe we only have just over 2 weeks to go - panic

Hi Molly's Mum & welcome
Molly will definitely be able to feel her babies now & if she is
relaxed enough laying next to you, within the week you should too!
She may soon start to turn very quickly & bite at the alien beings in her sides.
Her bladder will now need emptying much more frequently & this
will get steadily worse as the pregnancy progresses, so lots of garden trips!
Wishing you lots of luck with your litter

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Hi there our pups will be 3 weeks tomorrow and I can tell you it is a wonderful thing

My experience (and I am not an experienced breeder this was our first)

Didn't change her food just fed her more and added some cottage cheese
She went out for walks up until the last day really and just slowed down rather than bounding away as usual
Ate a biscuit on the morning she gave birth then didn't want normal food
Could not stay out of the garden, agitated and pooing (small sloppy ones) for about 3 hours before she took herself into the whelping box and refused to come out
Gave birth with no problems, had to help one pup hlf the way out and one leg of another otherwise all OK
She ate everything that came out of her except the babies - ugh!
Being longhaired it was hard to clean her bits up but she did sort herself out overnight

After she had the babies we had to really encourage her to got out for a wee, lead on as soon as her front feet were out of the whelping box
Fed & watered her in the box since she didn't want to leave
Contrary to what everything tells you - she did not want the puppies touched or moved for the first several days, got very stressed about it so we had to leave her alone with her newspaper bed and not touch it or them at all - OK tho' it doesn't smell
Wish we had waited another day to have the dew claws off - for her sake not the pups

Definitely wish I had had one of the whelping mats (2 in fact) from 'newdog' before she gave birth as she wouldn't have been able to dig it up
Glad I got the biggest whelping box I could for after the first week
Didn't need the heat mat - pups moved away rather than to it, probably the time of year

I know we had it very easy but don't panic and take things as they happen, have the phone number handy of someone who is experienced as a breeder so you can ring them if you are at all concerned and they will tell you if things are normal or not

Can't think of anything else at the moment

You should be able to start seeing tiny little flutters as the pups start moving and then you will start to see definite kicks and then be able to feel them

Good luck and enjoy the experience

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hi there n welcome carnt wait 4 pics when the pups arrive xx

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Welcome to the forum she's a beautiful girl. Good luck with the pregnancy

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Thanks everyone for the info, just reading the threads helps loads.

I think my partner thinks I've completely lost the plot as Molly is all I can think & talk about. I went into complete panic mode this morning having forgot to order a heat pad!!

Changed Molly's food today over to puppy food which she seemed to enjoy, she is still eating little & often and loving the rice pudding. I stocked up yesterday with evaporated milk ready for the birth. She is so clinging with me at the moment, just hope I can help her when & if she needs it. And snore - I have never heard anything like it

x

Erro and welcome!

My girl minni is due in 9-10 days...and watching her tummy ripple with the puppies moving inside her is amazing...
I could sit and watch it all day long and never get tired of doing so.

Good luck with everything

Sammy

Thanks Sammy, I can't wait to see her tummy move, she loves me stroking it and wants loads of love at the moment. Is this your 1st littler & what breed is Minni?

Thanks Reddogs for all your help, its nice to hear from someone who's been through it.

I am so amazed at the size of her teats, I hope the little ones have big mouths as the are huge

Rach x