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How to tell if my dog's milk is drying up after having puppies?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | unspayed | 3 years and 5 months old | 40.8 lbs

How can I tell if my female dog is drying up? She had puppies June 24, 2019, so it's only been 2.5 weeks since she had them.

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on July 11th, 2019

Weigh the puppies daily. They should be gaining weigh every day, and if they are not, then they are not getting enough milk and Heaven's milk may be drying up. In that case, you will need to bottle feed the puppies with puppy formula.

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