Our 3 year old japanese spitz dog gave birth last night to four puppies. I found her panting this morning at 7am under the bushes. I asked the maid if she had given the dog
any water. No answer. The maid was happy giving the dog some cow’s pasteurized milk.
Grrr. This made me spring into action. Yes, it is my brother in law’s dog, but I’m not about to just let her suffer from dehydration. So I got the dog some clean purified water straight from our dispenser. Unluckily, the hot and cold switches were turned on so I had to carefully mix hot and cold to get tap temperature water.
Indeed, bitches who just gave birth are thirsty. She lapped up what seemed to be half a liter of water. Finally her panting stopped and she felt more relaxed.
Cow’s milk is for baby cows, calves. Dog’s milk is for baby dogs, puppies. Human milk is for baby humans. Adult mammals are not supposed to drink milk.