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11-29-2009, 09:57 AM | #1 |
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| Taking Temps What do you guys think about this? Does it really work, or at least work well enough to bother with it. I've read in several post about it stressing the mother out, so in the end is it worth it? If it is, should you start at day 57, or wait longer, I've read different opinions on this too.
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11-29-2009, 10:04 AM | #2 | |
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11-29-2009, 11:27 AM | #3 | |
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11-29-2009, 11:38 AM | #4 | |
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11-29-2009, 11:45 AM | #5 | |
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Out of the litters I have had over the years, only 1 girl did her temp not drop right before whelping. So I always feel more comfortable still taking the temps. I have been starting at day 58. When I first started breeding, I remember my vet had me start at 2 weeks before her due date, just to see her pattern, but now I start much later. | |
11-29-2009, 11:48 AM | #6 |
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| I used to be a believer in taking the temps, I would do it twice a day but then I had a couple of females go into labor when their temperature was around 100 so I decided it just is not accurate enough to go by the temperature itself. There are times I will take the temperature, more out of curiosity but I don't like to overdo it. I do recommend keeping an eye on the temperature when the momma is not eating well. I have heard of females that have had the pups die right before birth and the female would get a uterus infection. |
11-29-2009, 01:08 PM | #7 |
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| I do nothing to bring on premature labor. Whether or not the girls show outward stress is not an indication of what goes on inside of her, when she is being handled. That's why I always wait until day 58 to give her a medicated bath and shave her belly, nails filed. My girls also know that I would never hurt them. After spending the first year or two of their lives exclusively with being trained and Championed by me, one could not have a greater trust with one another.
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11-29-2009, 01:23 PM | #8 |
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| I feel that the less stressed I am, the less stressed my girl will be. So if it gives me peace of mind to take her temp, I do it.
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11-29-2009, 02:43 PM | #9 | |
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11-29-2009, 04:14 PM | #10 |
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| Thanks for the input. Going from the Oct. 3rd ( the day they noticed she had locked with their other dog) tomorrow would be day 58, but who knows how many times it happened that they didn't notice , or if it could've taken 7 days for her to conceive she would be day 51 (right???) so I think I'm just going to leave her be, and watch for other signs in the next week. Just to be on the safe side I will give her the medicated bath, and file her nails down tomorrow. On another note, she was laying on my lap today and I was rubbing her tummy, and I could feel the puppies moving around really really strong it was too cool, before I wasn't really sure if it was pups or gas lol, but today I knew for sure
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11-29-2009, 04:33 PM | #11 |
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| Usually the puppies are born within a week of feeling them move... so that may be right at your calculated date.
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11-29-2009, 04:44 PM | #12 | |
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11-29-2009, 04:47 PM | #13 |
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| I never did bother with the temp thing. I figured I was home anyway so why go through that....I could tell in the early morning that she was getting ready and it would happen soon. She had them by 11 that night. The only time I took her temp was after 24 hours before I gave her clean-out tea. |
11-29-2009, 04:51 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | i do a base reading about day 58, then I don't do it again until day 60, when I take it twice a day in the morning and at night, as soon as she droped to 99.3 I knew it was close, my two girls have been like clock work with the temp thing. |
11-29-2009, 05:31 PM | #15 |
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| Okay yorkie breeders Have a question for you. My darling Sassy is 65 day by her first breeding and 63 by her second breeding. Her temp has been 99.2 for 5 days and pups have been moving like crazy. Today she felt a bit warm so I took her temp, now 100.2 and she ate alittle dinner. Should that concern me!! She is not pushing or anything Im just a worried mom I guess. I work tommarow and I am afraid to go to work. Dave will be here with her but I trust myself with her no one else. Thats bad huh.(LOL) Any thoughts on this. |
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