Unless you are going to let your Havanese or your “Havanese’s girlfriend” give birth, the question of how many puppies are in a litter should be directly related to you. Yet, this is a very common question because we human are just super curious about things that we love. It is like how we are interested in finding out who is the boyfriend or girlfriend of our favorite actors or actresses. In some ways, we may be more interested in the twaddle than the movies the actors and actresses participate in. Whether you are deciding to let your Havanese become a parent or if you are just here to satisfy your curiosity, here is the answer for you.
What is the Average Number of Puppies in one Litter
Let’s cut down to the chase here. For Havanese, the number of puppies in a litter is between 1 to 8. In other words, the average number of puppies in one litter is 4. If you are letting your Havanese to become a parent, don’t expect 4. That’s not a good way to think and to prepare. The most likely number is 4 doesn’t mean that the outcome will be 4. There are more things that can happen than will happen. The best approach to prepare it is to expect 1 and prepare for 8. Of course, it is not a big problem to have 8 Havanese puppies especially if you compare to having 8 human babies. (I don’t think many people have the ability to take care of 8 human babies by themselves at once.) Just prepare of it. When the vet let you know the exact number. Decide how many to keep and how many to give away.
How Many Litter can Havanese Produce Per Year
The maximum number of litters a Havanese can produce per year is roughly five. Yes, if you can do some quick calculation in your head, 4 x 5 equals 20. That means a breeder can get roughly a maximum of 20 Havanese puppies. That may be something useful to know for those of you who want to become breeders.
How Long are Havanese Pregnant?
A more technical way to ask how long are Havanese pregnant is how long is the gestation period for Havanese. The answer, like most other dogs, is 63 days. It is not an exact number you can pretty much expect the actual period is no more than a few days more or less than this expected value.
Early Sign of Pregnancy
The most obvious early sign of pregnancy is that the Havanese may consistently vomit. Now, that doesn’t happen to all Havanese. And the cause of regular vomiting can be something other than pregnancy. In other words, nothing can be confirmed. And you are not the one that should do the confirming. It’s your vet’s job.
When Can We Confirm the Pregnancy of Havanese?
After 30 Days of getting pregnant, the vet can find out whether the female Havanese is pregnant or not by using the ultrasound. Before day 30, let’s just say that nothing can be confirmed except for the regular vomiting that may or may not happen for all Havanese. At this point, the vet can confirm the pregnancy but he isn’t capable of telling you exactly how many puppies there are in the litter. Let’s just be patient and grateful and wait for further information in the future.
When Can I Know the Exact Number of Havanese Puppies in the Litter
After Day 55 of the pregnancy, the exact number of Havanese puppies in the litter can be found out by the vet using x-ray. Before that, the vet can only estimate because there are still parts of the puppies that are not developed and mistakes can easily be made. It is very interesting that you only know the exact number of Havanese babies one week before they appear in the world. That’s quite different from human’s pregnancy in today’s world.
What You Need to Do to Take Care of the Mother the Next Two Months
If you are the owner of the female Havanese, the new mother, there are things that you should know. For the two months immediately after giving birth, you have to make sure that you pay more attention to keeping her clean. You don’t want to use soap though as that may hurt her unless it is instructed by the vet. The best thing to do, of course, is to communicate more with your vet when your Havanese is giving birth and ask the vet more questions about what to do to taking care of both the puppies and the mother. Vets are human just like all of us and there is a good chance that he or she would forget to say something important to you unless you really have asked. So, don’t be too naive and be the type of person that believe in trusting the professionalism of doctors, vets, lawyers, etc. Professionalism doesn’t equal not making mistake. This idea is something that will help you big time in your journey of taking care of Havanese.
How to Take Care of the Newborn Puppies
Surprisingly, other than observing whether something weird is happening, you really don’t have to do too much in terms of taking care of the newborn Havanese puppies. Yes, you should take care of the mother and the mother would take care of the puppies. Drinking milk of their mother and sleeping are probably the only things that you would see from the puppies for the first few days.
What to Check for the Mother Havanese
The big task you need to do is to observe and clean up. For observing, of course you have to know what to observe. For the mother Havanese, you have to make sure the milk is white and the nipple is not red and there is no blood. If you see something not normal but you are not sure whether you are overreactive. Just simply go the vet and let the vet check. It is always a good idea to be too safe than to be too risky.
What to Check for the Havanese Puppies
For the puppies, the main thing is check is to see if they are actually eating. Again, if you think you see something weird, just let the vet decide and be a overly safe Havanese owner.
