When your dog get's really fat after being lost for along time is it pregnant?

Question

My dog,Sidney, was lost for about 1 week and when we found her she was pretty big. And she wasn't spayed. Is she pregnant? And don't say duh!, cause I'm only 12 okay?

Answer 1

She wouldn't get big from pregnancy after only one week.  If she bigger because she is pregnant it would have happened before she got lost.

Get her spayed so you won't have to worry.

Answer 2

There's the possibility that she got pregnant BEFORE she got lost, without your knowing.  (Our neighbor's son called her at work one morning to report finding to newborn puppies  net to their front gate, inside their yard.  As she told him that someone must have abandoned them there, he said, "No, I don't think so...  Sindy's giving birth to a third!" > Cindy was 11yo at the time, & --they thought-- too old to reproduce!

She could also have a bad case of worms!

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She could be both pregnant & have a bad case of worms, which could cause serious complications for her & any pups.

She could be bloated for some other reason, too, such as:

Intestinal Obstruction

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So, it would really be best for a veterinarian to check her over.

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Answer 3

Dogs do not show pregnancy after only a week.  It takes about 4 weeks.

She may have worms, or ingested something that caused her to bloat.

I'd take her to the vet to be evaluated, and spayed.

Answer 4

After a week she shouldn't be  showing signs of pregnant unless she was pregnant before going off. either way take her to the vet to be examined.

Answer 5

Have your parents get her checked by the vet to find out.

Answer 6

First of all, thank you for being one of the only 12 year olds who can type correctly and use good grammar. Second, if she was only lost for a week, Sidney more than likely wouldn't be showing that soon. Take her to a vet and have them check just in case, because there could e something wrong.

Answer 7

If she was only gone a week and was much bigger when she got back she probably has worms. She could be pregnant but she would have had to have been before she went missing.

Answer 8

Probably she is, take her to the vet to make sure.

Keep her healthy :)

Good luck!

Answer 9

Well Savannah ask your mom, to take her to the vet. If she isn't pregnant she was fed very well. And she needs to be spayed.