How Long After Having Pups?

[jessythewhippet 25]

How long after pups could a dog be going out lamping?

[LAZYBSTARD 225]

How long after pups could a dog be going out lamping?

after you get her dried up an a bit of walking

[skycat 6,174]

Bitches lose a lot of fitness whilst having pups: laying around for weeks doing nothing. Start by road walking every day for 3-4 miles. Then trotting for a couple of weeks. Don't just go and start galloping: bitch will tear and strain muscles, ligaments and tendons. Heart muscle is also weaker from not doing anything. Build up gradually. A month sensible exercise programme should see her fit enough to do a bit on the lamp.

[Romany 1,065]

_{Every pup I have had that had a litter were different, but I would be giving at least a month after the pups were off her, my dad used to drum it into me a month, but a week for every pup over the four weeks, so if a litter of eight, eight weeks befpre serious work again....when I was young I had a bitch called Bes, this was the best all round lurcher bitch Ive ever had or seen, she had a litter, and I took no notice of my dad and began working her too early, she ran like a bag of shit..I had old lurchermens words ringing in my head, "bitches never run properly again after a litter of pups" I laid her off for a good spell, road walking, wormerd her, biled her, good bait, extra supplements (SA37 I think it was at that time) took her out and she was back to normal, in fact better for the whole experience, she had 2 litters in thirteen years, ran till she was 13, killed 6 rabbits a month before I lost her to cancer..}

 

_{never be in a rush to get bitches back on the road, more so if the bitch is older, having pups, like a woman having bairns, is a young dogs game, the older they are, the longer it will take for them to recover, this goes the same with injuries due to, apart from other factors, their cell pack volume being greater so young dogs heal quicker than old dogs..}