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When do a pregnant dog's nipples or mammary glands get bigger?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 5 months old | 83 lbs

My germanshepard has gone through mating 48 days back and the nipples haven't come down. On what date of pregnancy development of mammary glands takes place

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Answered By Dr. Elizabeth

Veterinarian

Published on August 17th, 2019

Teat development will generally happen in the final 2-3 weeks of pregnancy. Here is a helpful link: https://www.petcoach.co/article/pregnancy-diagnosis-caring-for-the-pregnant-dog/ I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.

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