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Possible pregnant Boxer

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Question
 I have two boxers, a two and a half year old male and a three year old female.  She was in heat towards the beginning of September, and they tied three times that we know of.  She has never had a litter before.  She wasn't showing pregnancy signs so we never had her taken to the vet, we know we shouldn't have, but we assumed the breeding wasn't successful.  Last week she started acting abnormal, she wouldn't eat her normal food, she urinated on the floor (she is a trained house dog, and hasn't urinated inside in three years)  and following my husband around when usually she doesn't have the time of day for him, and prefers my company.  Her abdomen isn't showing much, just barley at all, but she does have milk coming from her nipples that my husband noticed from rubbing her belly, and her breasts have gotten larger.  I switched her food but she still doesn't have much interest in it, she just eats enough to get by, she had one previous false pregnancy but it didn't last this long, and the signs were different.  I can't get in to see my vet, and the other vet in my area, I would never take my dog to so I would have to move her an hour and a half in the car.  She would be 59 days pregnant, and seems very lethargic and whiny today.  I would love your opinion Please.

Answer
with at least 3 ties i would assume she is pregnant. some boxers have a phantom pregnancy where the pups are insde her rib cage and she wouldnt put on much weight. go ahead and treat her like shes pregnant and make her a whelping area and feed her puppy food. you can also mix cottage cheese on her food if she seems to not want to eat it. my boxer was carrying 11 pups and didnt show barely at all and we ended up with 11 healthy pups! at day 60 start taking her rectal temp which is normal between 100-102. make sure you have the thermometer in all the way. when her temp drops around 98 take her temp again in 2hr and if its still around the same then prepare for labor within 24hr. i really hope this helps and feel free to ask any other questions you may have.