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My dog is pregnant. When and how to safely switch her food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Cane Corso | Female | unspayed | 3 years and 2 months old | 83 lbs

My dog is 33 days pregnant and I was wondering when I should change her food to better suite her pregnancy needs? Also what is the safest way to do this? I don't want to harm/upset her or her pups.

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 8th, 2019

Great question! Check out this article on what to feed a pregnant dog and when. To switch Lilyth over, you need to mix together her old food and new food, and over the course of a week, increase the amount of new food and decrease the amount of old food until she is eating the new food only. https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feeding-the-pregnant-dog

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