Your girls belly can look more swollen.Serve smaller meals more often rather than big meals.They start to look like puppies as the legs grow, and feet develop. Palpitation can detect Fetuses horns around day 28 with an ultrasound.To protect the fetuses the uterus fills with fluid, and the palpitation can no longer be felt.Offer your girl a little more food, as she could be hungrier.Facial features and spines are starting to develop in the pups. Your girl may begin to display breast development and mood swings. With the embryos implanted the eggs begin to grow and develop.

This is called nesting and is normal.Offer your girl as much as she will eat several times a day rather than one huge meal.Pups have fur and are more active in their crowded space. Your girl could begin to dig in her whelp box and rearrange her bedding. You may be able to detect movement of the pups. Set up the whelp box.The pups are developed well, and are growing daily. Teats are bigger, and could contain colostrum.Your girl could tire more easily, and look for a nesting box. This is normal.Pigment develops as the pups keep growing.Eyes and lids have formed and remain closed till 2 weeks after birth.

A drop to 97 - 98 on two readings an hour apart will mean the start of pre-labour. Start taking rectal temperatures. Your dam, may appear restless, and will be uncomfortable, and stretch out a lot. Puppies are ready to be born, you may not notice as much movement.

Printable Whelping Chart Puppy