HelloCustomer

Dogs are pregnant for usually 63 - 65 days with some variation. They are usually most fertile the second week of their season. If her heat started even in late June and she got pregnant the second week of July she should have already given birth. Unless you could be off on the timing of her cycle - this may be a false pregnancy. False pregnancies run the same timeline as a normal pregnancy but without the puppies. So she may be producing milk like she should be nursing puppies. If this is the case she should just return to normal within a couple of weeks. Watch the mammary area to make sure that it is not becoming too hard or inflamed. Massages and warm compresses can help. If you know that she was bred - I would be more concerned about having been off as to the dates that she was in heat. It might be a good idea to go to your vet for some x-rays to see if there are any puppies. X-rays can normally be taken after the 55 day of pregnancy or so and they usually don't produce any milk until the last few days of pregnancy so it should be okay.

I hope this was helpful. If you need more information - just reply to your question.

Donna P.

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thank you.

Hello again,

Yes the false pregnancy should follow the same timeline as the hormones are giving her the same signals as if she were pregnant. What I was thinking is that it has taken a couple of weeks past when she should have given birth (unless the dates are off) for the mammary glands to have gotten big enough for you to notice. There is usually not a lot of mammary development during pregnancy - although they do enlarge and start producing small amounts of milk. But two or three weeks into lactating for puppies (or imaginary puppies) there mammaries are very large and can engorge with milk.

Donna P.

Hello again,

You are not being a pain - follow up questions are fine and expected.

If there is any possibility that she came in heat in late July and actually became pregnant in August there is still the possibility of an actual pregnancy. If she was bred on August the 8th for example the 10th would be the 63rd day and the 12th would be the 65th day. Some dogs will even go beyond this by a few days. You could also try taking her temperature several times a day over the next couple of days. The normal temperature for a dog is 100.5 to 101.5 degrees Farhenheit. Normally a dog's temp will drop and stay below 99 degrees within 24 hours of delivering.

Donna P.