Pregnant Bitch And Jumping

[jr_inoz]

My bitch may be in whelp (two and a half weeks from mating).

At the moment, softy that I am, she sleeps at the foot of my bed.

She will jump off the bed in the middle of the night to go and toilet. At what point do I stop her from sleeping on the bed to stop her from jumping off the bed?

[SwaY]

Mine always did everything the same as normal.

The week prior I would confine them to the dog room/whelping room over night so they got used to the area.

[**Super_Dogs**]

Mine also did everthing as normal. She was even jumping fences

[WreckitWhippet]

Yep, life as per normal here too.

[Rebanne]

Fern was jumping off and on the bed when in labour

[persephone]

Nothing different done here -

[oakway]

Nothing changes here other than the last week they are confined at night to their whelping area.

[Missymoo]

another of mine did 9 km walks..I always think if they cant/dont want to do it they wont ;)

[jr_inoz]

thanks all.

We are doing our walks and exercising as per normal.

I had read that she shouldn't be jumping off high things (like the bed) later in her pregnancy. Just wanting to make sure. She reabsorbed a litter late last year/early this year with no explanation (no evidence of injury, infection etc) so being a little more cautious this time around.

[Christina]

Generally they have enough sense to know what they are capable of clearing however with really small breeds I would be more careful. Off the bed is a small jump for say a dalmation but its a big jump for a pomeranian.

I saw the kelpie cross over the road sail over the 6 foot iron fence the day it dropped its pups No use being phobic but some common sense should prevail.

[TashaBailey]

Gabby (Sheltie) was still jumping on and off my bed with seven pups on board until two days before she whelped. My bed is a reasonably high bed.

She was also trying to jump onto the single bed in the whelping room when she was about to drop the pups. I think she thought that because I would not let her stay in the bathroom - which had become her favourite place in the last week she was going to have them on the bed.

TB

[piper]

Jazz was still getting on and off the grooming table by her own choice until around 6 weeks and getting on and off the furniture until nearly the end. I worried she would over do it but usually as I looked and thought hmmm should she be doing that she would stop herself over the next day or so.