My dog just had puppies, how do I best care for mom and babies?

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how to care for a bitch and her newborn puppies? Pet's info: Dog | Pit Bull Terrier | Female | unspayed | 45 lbs

Megan, DVM, CVA · Accepted Answer

Congrats on the puppies! Usually the bitch will do all of the work. Just supervise and make sure she is allowing all of them to nurse and she isn't sitting on any of them. If she isn't nursing them then you will need to buy some dog formula (KMR) and bottle/syringe feed them every 3 hours and use warm water and a cloth to gently rub their genitals to help stimulate them to pee and poop (this mimicks the bitch licking them). I hope this helps.

My dog just had puppies, how do I best care for mom and babies?

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