After an efficient mating Cane Corso bitches impregnate and
their pregnancy lasts for 9 weeks approximately. However, lying-in
may happen beforehand or on the contrary duration of gestation
extends for 1 week on an average.
Nevertheless, the probability that proper, healthy puppies will be
born in both cases is very high: you just need to get ready for
labor in advance and be able to render assistance for a littering
down Cane
Corso bitch.
Till the 4 th week of pregnancy development and growth of fetuses
get off to a slow start therefore during this period Cane Corso
bitch still does not need a special regime of management and
feeding. However, susceptibility of the dog to infectious diseases
increases during this time.
Besides, you should not use anti-parasitogenic and other curative
preparations for all the gestation of Cane Corso bitch.
After the 4th week of pregnancy the bitch should be examined by a
vet. In the period between the 4th and the 5th weeks animal doctor
will be able to estimate the number of the puppies bred by
palpating the indurations in the bitch’s belly.
It is quite undesirable to make the examination by touch starting
from 5 to 6 week of the dog’s pregnancy. Formation of the fetuses’
heads happens during the 8th week and the fetuses start stirring.
From 4 to 6 week of pregnancy you should feed Cane Corso
dog 3 times per day but usual day’s allowance is to be increased
by including in the diet additional amount of fish and meat food,
cottage cheese, milk, porridges cooked with milk and soups.
Day’s allowance of minerals increases almost twofold during this
period. In the second half of pregnancy Cane Corso bitch must get
pureed raw fruit and vegetables but the amount of starchy foods
should be reduced.
