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Originally Posted by jvdb  Hmm I should have taken it again. I wasn't concerned since Debbie Jensen's site says "some dogs go lower 98" and after the EXTENSIVE post reading I have done on here it seems like temps in the high 97's are not unheard of.
Also, I am using a digital human thermometer, not a rectal thermometer. Would this in any way affect the reading? (I have read that some are instructed to ad a certain number of .1's to the reading).
Not that I am at all challenging your response... it makes me worry a little again. If it had been just the temp drop on its own I might have not been as concerned but because there is the question that they are overdue I am a little more worried. After talking to vets and researching a little more it seemed that the general consensus was that in 99% of cases the issue with "overdue pregnancies" is simply a date miscalculation but I'm starting to wonder. Today is day 67 from the FIRST breeding and day 59 from the LAST breeding (although I think its safe to say she got pregnant somewhere earlier in the 9 day span than later) If it doesn't happen TONIGHT I'm bringing my baby in. |
I guess I'm a bit overly cautious, as the one time and let me stress the only time that one of my females whelped puppies on day 64 from her last breeding her temp dropped below 98. She went down on me. Although, she free whelped the puppies, she had a ripped horn and went systemic on me (shock).
I usually breed on the 12th and 14th day of showing color. And based on the knowledge that a female's eggs break down within 48 hours and the male sperm live up to seven days. A female could concieve any time from the day of the first breeding to a few days after the last breeding, however, anytime from fifty-six days to seventy-days okay provided none of the danger signals are apparent. And of course there have been incidents where a girl never begins labor. But, those instances are rare.