| If you own a female dog, giving them a proper and | | | | 1 cup goat's milk |
| balanced diet is very important. This should be given | | | | 1 tsp raw unprocessed honey |
| special attention if you plan on breeding your dog or | | | | ½ cup yogurt |
| having puppies in the future. If you have plans of | | | | 1 banana (chopped & skin included) |
| breeding, you should start your dog on raw dog food | | | | The above milk meal should provide your fasting dog |
| recipes well before introducing her to a male. Feeding | | | | with enough nutrients during her fasting period. Also |
| your female dog with raw dog food recipes before | | | | be sure to give her a lot of clean water so that she |
| pregnancy prepares her body for the pregnancy and | | | | keeps herself well hydrated. Milk is given because a |
| it also makes her accustomed to the raw food. | | | | pregnant dog needs to be given a lot of calcium, |
| Having your dog on the right diet with a good | | | | which is the building block of the bones and teeth of |
| amount of exercise will ensure that she is as healthy | | | | the whelps. The increase in calcium will also replenish |
| as possible, which means she is more likely to have | | | | the amounts the dog is losing as her whelps grow. |
| an easy and good pregnancy. | | | | When not on a milk meal, provide your dog with a lot |
| You should try not to switch your dog's diet to raw | | | | of raw meaty bones to chew on as these are filled |
| food when she is already pregnant because the | | | | with calcium. |
| difference in the food can affect her digestion | | | | Around the fifth or sixth week of gestation, your |
| (making her vomit of giving her diarrhea), which in | | | | dog's appetite should increase. You can try to feed |
| turn can affect the growing whelps. Since regular | | | | her 'on-demand' or every time she is hungry. Owners |
| pregnancies for dogs can already include nausea, | | | | who are concerned about over-feeding can follow a |
| vomiting, and anorexia during the first to third week, | | | | gradual process of increasing meals so as to ensure |
| switching diets during pregnancy can lead to | | | | that your dog is getting enough to eat for both |
| unnecessary complications. This is why your dog | | | | herself and the whelps, but will not gain too much |
| needs to be very healthy before the pregnancy so | | | | weight in the process. |
| that when a situation like this occurs, her body will be | | | | When your dog is pregnant, you also have to |
| able to cope with the problem and still be able to | | | | consider how vitamins can affect the growing whelps |
| provide nutrition for the whelps. | | | | and its relation to birth defects, the problem of |
| During the fourth week, your dog may begin to fast | | | | eclampsia, and methods of avoiding overfeeding. To |
| or refuse to eat. Though it is natural for you to | | | | learn all these details as well as more raw dog food |
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