Week Six (Days 36-42)
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES
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- Development of skin pigment
- Fetuses should weigh around 6 grams and be 45 mm long
- Fetal heartbeats can be heard with stethoscope
- CHANGES IN AMARILLO
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- Nipples darken and enlarge
- Abdomen continues to enlarge
- CARE OF AMARILLO
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- Add cottage cheese or hard boiled egg to food daily
- Increase the amount of food in the extra meal
- TO DO LIST
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- Assemble whelping box
Week Seven (Days 43-49)
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES
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- Growth and development continues
- CHANGES IN AMARILLO
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- Abdomen hair will start shedding
- Amarillo looks pregnant at this point
- CARE OF AMARILLO
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- Slightly increase both meals
- TO DO LIST
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- Stop any roughhousing or jumping
