pregnant boxer and discharge?

Question
I have a boxer that is 8 weeks pregnant, I just started noticing that she has pearly looking discharge with no blood in it. I wanted to know if this is a sign that she will go into labor soon or is this something to worry about? How long after she looses her mucus plug will she go into labor?

Answer
8 weeks is 56 days pregnant. Whelping runs from 56-63 days. Hopefully, the latter.

A discharge without blood, is her hormonal discharge and early, early, early labor-- in other words, it's beginning but might not happen until the 63rd day or even 60th, 61st, 62nd....

But, now is the time to keep your eye on her.

When she is in labor, she will pace, pant, refuse to eat (generally, not all stop eating)... nest, look for her nesting place to have the puppies, and when in actual labor, drop blood spots.

I certainly hope you have prepared a whelping box with sheets and all for her and that she knows it is her whelping place.

You need whelping supplies in case she doesn't tend to the babies as they are born.

You need a heating pad, placed in a box or squared laundry basket, wrapped in a towel or small baby blanket, on and ready... with ample baby blankets over it and sheets or large towels to wrap over the box or laundry basket-- to put the newborns in once she has eaten off the umbibical cord and taken them out of the placenta sack---They can not regulate their body temperatures for a week to ten days, and their immediate warmth at birth means life or death to them

Take them as she has finished and delivering another to tend to, and she will forget about the one she just finished with. Place him in the heating basket and cover to contain the warmth-- no air vent at all.

Once she has had them all, and they are all warmed in the heating box/basket... you can change her bedding to clean, soft bedding, wash her off with a warm wash cloth and be sure she is dry, and give her babies back to her to suckle which is antibiotics now, milk will come in 2 days or so-- but her antibiotic/milk is essential for them now.

Be sure her bedding in her whelping box is warm- I usually place the heating pad wrapped in a blanket under her bedding to heat the whelping box. Use a heat lamp or desk lamp aimed at the box for additional warmth- but not too close to burn mom and babies, etc.

Wrap the whelping box area so no air vents through it so mom can keep them warm too. No air conditioning near them either.

Mom needs to be comfy- so temperature should never be below 76 degrees, and I personally prefer higher. These babies need to snuggle close to mom for warmth but are too small to do it, so you need to put them up to mom at all times for a few days. Keep the bedding cleaned- even if it means every hour on the hour.

Mom will discharge a green discharge after birthing, which is alright as long as it's AFTER birthing- before any pup is born and she has a green discharge- get her to a vet ASAP.

Google whelping supplies, whelping boxes, whelping in general, and caring for newborns.... YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO DO THIS TO SECURE THEIR SURVIVAL!

Get a vet to come to your home to check them and mom within a few days. I have a mobile vet myself.

If you do not have a mobile vet... then it is up to you to take mom and puppies to the vet to be checked. BE SURE they remain warm, out of any drafts or cold, and be secure- they are fragile and can die easily by catching a congestion at that point. That is why I prefer a mobile vet.

Learn everything you can beginning now- you haven't much time left.