GSD 7 weeks "pregnant" and not showing. - Page 4

Hmmm for the past few nights she's been scraping and digging the floor. When she's out walking with me, she stops to dig the floor/grass/soil.
When she goes in to her kennel to eat or to rest or at night, she sits and then starts to scrape out the floor.

I dont wanna give myself false hope but could she be expessing nesting behavior?

As of late I've been convinced she wasn't pregnant but well, this happened.
Vet's coming this Saturday to check her out.

Sounds like nesting behavior.  You could still be a few days or a week out.  My girl, Rose, started nesting a week before the big day.  She also did not nest all the time.  She nested for a day, then went 2 - 3 days before nesting again.

Do you have a baby monitor in the welping room?  I went down to a thrift/goodwill store and got an old one so I could hear at night.

During the evening, when your female is laying down, relaxing, watch the area between her ribs and leg.   Eventually you should see kind of a roll go across this area, as the puppies should be starting to move into birthing position soon.

If you have been going on gentle walks, your female should start wanting to stay in your yard and not leave.

Pacing was another sign Rose gave me.  She just could not get comfortable starting about 2 days before.

Now is a good time to start having her sleep in the whelping room.  This reinforces the area you want the puppies to be born in.  Also, keep everyone but you and your 1 other person to help during the welping out of the room.  This is your girl's "spa" room. 

Have you started taking her tempature?  If not, start now.  You need a confirmed baseline.  This worked good for me to tell when the time got very close.
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Here are some tricks I learned during the welping:

1.  Set up a potty area in this room.  For 3 weeks after the welping, my girl had many inside accidents.  Having this area for her made my life easier.
2.  Have some vanilla ice cream on hand for the big day.  A bit after each puppy for your girl will help her.
3.  Let your girl do all the work; only step in if there is an emergency.  This is her bonding time.
4.  Your girl will likely indicate she wants to go outside during the welping.  Of my 9 puppies; 3 were born outside.
5.  Have lots of old towels available.  Pick up a fresh one each time she goes outside; this way you have one if she starts to have a puppy outside.
6.  Be prepared for a long day/ night.  Rose's 1st puppy was at 4 am and last one was at 10:30 pm. 
7.  Relax, relax, relax. 


I went through all the same anxiety with Rose's litter.  Best advice for your sanity... keep repeating to yourself "what will be, will be."  The more anxious you are, the more nervous she is.  Check out some of my earlier posts on this site.  I pestered the heck out of everybody here .   Many of them help answered the first time "Human" mom questions.



 

Hi fawndallas,

Thanks.

Well hopefully  she's in whelp. She is still not big, no big appetite, no cumbersome walk of a pregnant girl trying to get comfortable. She still buzzes about barking at birds and doesn't seem lethargic at all.

Lately I've been convinced she's not pregnant. Hope she is :)

Up until the last 2 days, nothing stopped Rose.  She still played like a puppy.   Even on the last 2 days, the only real sign it was coming soon was her tempature and her "flopping" around a lot at night.

Hi guys,

This morning, after feeding my dog, (she ate the entire bowl without being a picky diva today LOL), I noticed a string of mucus from her vulva.

Mucus plug? LOL but she still does not look pregnant, still whizzing about and barking and all that.

With the constant digging and now, this mucus, hopefully I've been wrong all this time. If pregnant her due date is this coming Monday/Tuesday. Vet's coming this Saturday for check-up.

:)

Mine didn't look pregnant w/4 pups. She's a broad, wide bitch w/wide hips and well-sprung ribcage and I wasn't convinced she was pregnant until she started nesting about 1 hour prior to the first pup (she tends to procrastinate, LOL).

yes, it does sound like you have  maybe  a small litter, some never show while others do, some eat like crazy while others dont, but her nesting is a sure sign. i think small litters dont tax the female so they dont need to eat like crazy, i see it in my female too, i also dont think mine will show ,small litter i am sure. good luck and do tell use what you end on having.

I have had a female that had all signs -- nesting --milk--mucus plug-- lack of appetite-- and all for phantom

Thanks guys.

I have everything ready right now since I bought supplies (aspirator, thermometer, puppy milk etc) the last time we tried getting her pregnant. That one didn't conceive so I kept the supplies.

If pregnant, this will be her first litter.

So odd,

After yesterday morning's clear mucus episode she was fine. But just woke up to feed her and she seems a bit thinner?
Or maybe it's just me.