What should I do if the female dog is in a reverse position? Come and have a look

When the female dog is giving birth, if she is unstable and restless in the delivery bed, she sometimes puts her abdominal force in the delivery bed; sometimes she puts her abdominal force outside the delivery bed. Or they may run around and tighten...


When the female dog is giving birth, if she is unstable and restless in the delivery bed, she sometimes puts her abdominal force in the delivery bed; sometimes she puts her abdominal force outside the delivery bed. Or they may run around and tighten their abdomen and give birth hard, but there is still no baby. This behavior of female dogs is very likely to have a fetal reverse position.

If there is a reverse, the dog owner should send the dog to the pet hospital as soon as possible. If it is too late, you can follow the following method to be careful:

1. Use warm salt water or alcohol to disinfect and clean the surroundings of the female dog's vulva. Remember: The delivery personnel must disinfect their own hands.  

2. One person controls the female dog, and the delivery staff holds the female dog's abdomen tightly with one hand (to prevent the fetus from retreating). Insert one hand into the female dog's birth canal with the index finger to check whether the fetal position is correct (normal is that the mouth is facing the pelvic bone). If the fetus curls his head and touches the fetus' skull, then use his index finger to straighten the fetus' mouth, hold the hand tightly on the abdomen and push it out vigorously. Repeat several times, it may be successful.

3. If your index finger touches the forelimbs of the fetus, push the forelimbs back to the birth canal, and then adjust the fetal position (the mouth of the mouth is opposite to the pelvic mouth), and use the above method.

4. If your index finger touches the tail or one of the fetus's hind limbs, hold the female dog's abdomen tightly with one hand (to prevent the fetus from retreating). Use your index finger to hook the fetus's hind limbs and grab the fetus' legs with gauze or a small towel. Gently pull the fetus legs with one hand, push the other hand hard out. When the fetus' buttocks come out, grab the skin of the fetus' buttocks with gauze or a small towel and gently pull out.

5. Push and pull, repeat this several times, and the fetus is likely to be safe. (When the fetus' head is stuck in the pelvic bone, use your hand to reach the female dog's abdomen "between the double hind limbs" and touch the fetus' head and gently push it out).

6. During operation, be sure to stay calm, don’t panic, and don’t use too much force. Note: Do not insert the index finger into the female dog's vulva repeatedly, as it is easy to damage the vulva. After delivery, scrub the inside and outside of the vulva with gentamicin injection (one to two times a day). Inject antibiotics or intravenous antibiotics for three consecutive days.



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