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premature?

18 13:43:12

Question
My dog is only 6-7..from what we saw when the male got her.
she seems to be going into labor. we saw a peeking out a bit but went back in.
the questions are.
is it normal for a sack to go back in?
will the puppies surive this early?
what can we do?

Answer
Hi Lisa. I'm not sure what 6-7 means. If she is earlier than 58 days, then no, sadly the pups will most likely not make it. No, the sac shouldn't go all of the way back inside of her. My best advice would be for you to take your girl to the vet and have a check up to find out for sure what's going on here. If she is in labor this early, then there's really not much you can do to stop it. I'm sorry. I hope everything is ok.