Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Female | unspayed
How early can a dog go into labor she's 6weeks by my counting and her temp yesterday was in the 99•f all day today it's 100.04im just abit worried
1 Answer
Published on March 27th, 2019
Dogs typically have their puppies anywhere from 57-65 days after mating. So if she's only six weeks along, she's nowhere near time to whelp yet. Minor temperature fluctuations are normal - we don't consider it a true pre-whelping temperature drop unless her temp goes below 98 degrees.
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