Canine pregnancy test you can do at home

Anicet Mbida 06:51, March 01, 2023

Today's innovation should be of interest to dog owners.

Finally, there is a canine pregnancy test that you can do on your own, at home.

It is important the "at home".

Because we can already know, today, with blood tests, palpations or ultrasounds… But each time, we have to go through a veterinarian.

That means getting an appointment first.

And pray for it to be as soon as possible.

From now on, there is a test that everyone can do quietly at home.

It has nothing to do with a woman's pregnancy test.

This is not a urine test, but a blood test.

He will look for the presence of relaxin in the blood, a hormone secreted only when the female dog is pregnant.

Does that mean that you have to take your animal's blood yourself?

Fortunately not !

The innovation is to have developed a small device that is placed under the dog's lip.

And by pressing a button, it will cause a tiny drop of blood to flow which will then be analyzed with a reagent.

It's quite simple to do.

You don't have to be a doctor.

The interest of passing under the lips?

This is a very insensitive area in animals.

You have certainly seen dogs playing with bones or pieces of wood in their jaws.

Pieces sometimes very sharp, with splinters.

It's not a problem for them.

So, rest assured, it won't hurt them.

And from how long, we can know that the dog is pregnant?

It takes a long time, unfortunately.

The famous hormone only appears from the 3rd week of gestation.

It will therefore be necessary to wait at least 25 days after mating to have the beginning of a response.

It's relatively late when you know that a female dog's pregnancy is very short.

It only takes two months, two and a half months and the little ones are there.

In any case, this will at least remove doubts as soon as possible.

And to go see his veterinarian sooner.

We can avoid traumatizing the female dog if we do not want to keep the little ones.

This is a kit developed in the United States by the startup Belly Labs.

Its distribution has just started in France.

It takes about 60€ per test.