Delivering Puppies

Delivering Puppies

You have decided to deliver your dogs puppies on your own, it is best to either have experience in delivering puppies or atleast bring a friend or relative in that does have experience.

When delivering Puppies many unforseen problems can occur. I will share the basics of delivering puppies, but please consult your veternarian first. Read as much as you can on delivering puppies. I find two people are necessary to have in case of problems.

Make sure to have your veternarian on back up.
Hard contraction should last maybe ten minutes, they should not last more than 20 minutes. Your dog should be able to push the puppy in it's sack out by herself with no help from you. You may notice the puppies head still in the birth canal and may need to gently help. You can help by pushing back her vulva. When you see a contraction you can gently grab the puppy by the body and help pull gently.

Delivering Puppies, what to expect

She will most likely have the clear sac over her and she may take that off or you can. The sack is slippery, so get it open and immediately wipe the puppies face nose and mouth with a towel, aspirate the nose and then the mouth and then then continue wiping the puppy with a towel to get him breathing. Wiping him nicely gets him breathing. If he is gasping for air, aspirate him again. If he is breathing nicely with his mouth closed you are good. When delivering puppies the key is to get any liquid out of his mouth and nose quickly. Dry him or her off with a small towel, the gentle rubbing gets them breathing!

This whole process is very serious, you do not want fluid in his lungs so wiping his face quickly and getting any liquid out of his lungs quickly is important.

If you feel he is not breathing right, you can take a blow dryer on low and blow him. BE CAREFUL you do not want to burn him or hold the air in one spot on him, move the blow dryer around.

Now that the puppy looks good and is breathing good, you can cut his umbilical cord, about an inch long and put squeeze the end that is furthest from the puppy and put corn starch on it, you do not want blood coming out.

Now give your beautiful puppy to Mom! Delivering Puppies is a beautiful thing. If you have an opportunity to watch puppies being born, do so. Perhaps a friend or family member will in the future be delivering puppies of their own.