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Originally Posted by lisatodd  she is right. you do not want to give any calcium supp while she is preg. what this will do is cause her body not to produce any calcium on her own. so do not give her any supp.
after the babies are born and if she is not producing enough milk, then you can supp. |
This totally depends on the dog and how many puppies. The puppies already demand calcium from the mother before they are born. (bone formation) We could have lost the mother and all of her puppies if we had not been watching her very closely BEFORE the puppies were born. The mother developed preclampsia and needed an emergency injection of calcium about 5 days before the puppies were born. We had been giving her cheese along with puppy food and this was not enough. The vet told us to supplement before especiallly if we knew the litter would be large. (more demand on mama's body) The puppies will get what they need if it is available (calcium), but they depleted all of hers and almost caused her to die