My dog is 31 days pregnant. What's happening with her and the puppies?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua (Long Coat) | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 1 month old | 4 lbs
Hi my dog is 31 days pregnant and I’m wandering what happens in her pregnancy at this stage? Do the fetuses start to look more like puppies? What happens today?
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Published on May 20th, 2020
Hello! This general article about pregnancy may help: https://www.petcoach.co/dog/condition/pregnancy/ Trixie is starting to enter the second half of her pregnancy, so you may start to see more significant weight gain, an increase in appetite (as the puppies are rapidly growing) and the starting of development of her mammary glands. Now is a good time in the pregnancy to have a checkup done at your vet to ensure mom and babies are doing well and start mom on a puppy food to increase the amount of nutrition she is getting to feed the puppies during development and lactation Your vet may recommend an ultrasound to see them and count them. As she nears the end of her pregnancy, around 60-65 days, you'll want to have an X-ray taken to count number of babies (if you don't know by then) to know how many to expect, and make sure a whelping box is ready for her to use when she goes into labor.
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Published on April 30th, 2020
Hello. You might be feeling the beginning of some mammary swelling, but it is way too earl to feel any puppies. Each fetus would be smaller than a marble at this point. You can follow her pregnancy doing an abdominal ultrasound in another week or so, or an x-ray after 42 days. In a small breed dog, it is not a bad idea to know how many puppies Trixie will have so that if she runs into problems, you will know when to act. Hopefully, she will have a stress free pregnancy & she has a beautiful litter. Thanks for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.
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