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Originally Posted by pheonix  Well it is official! We are going to be parents!
Tiffany was 5.2 lbs and 11 months old when she mated with Coco on Sept 2nd for the first time. They "tied" 3 times a day up untill and including the 7th when was hit by a truck. We are so excited that something besides our memories of him will live on!
This is her first litter...ours too!
Well this Tuesday, Tiffany weighed in at the vets at 6.0 lbs. Yesterday we felt the pups moving around (we think 2 or 3)! Talk about exciting! It felt like they were playing soccer!
We have done our homework and have things ready to go but I have a few questions ( or rather reassurances needed).
1) I am assuming she concieved the first day (Sept 2) is that a safe bet?
2) Today she is dragging her rear end around on the floor a lot. Does this mean anything?
3) Since there is a 5 day window of her mating When should I consider her overdue?
4) is there any correlation between the weight gain of the mom during the pregnancy and the weight we can excpect of the pups?
Oh as an aside our newest arival "Nicky" who is now about 5.5 months old is trying to suckle every now and then and Tiffany is letting him. It is cute but we are trying to discourage that. He is a piggy and will eat all he can when ever he can! Because he is still a bit of a pup will this be a problem once Tiffany's pups are born?
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First let me start by saying you bred your lil girl entirely too young.
Conception doesn't happen at the time of being bred, it depends on when she ovulated.
She should have only been bred once a day a total of 3 breedings at the most and skipping a day between breedings. So, you can expect a litter born anytime from the 58th day of her first breeding to the 63rd day of her last breeding; So, from October 30th through November 9th you're on puppy watch. Vet's don't worry until they are about day 69 from their last breeding. That is unless you see anything unusual.
She's dragging her butt, because she needs her anal glands expressed.
No, there is no correlation between her weight gain and/or the expected pups weight.
As far as his suckling on your mom, I wouldn't allow it. He's doing it just for comfort. He should be discouraged as you will have to keep your mom's breasts as clean as possible for those pups.