The average gestation period in dogs is 62 days , and there will be mucus coming out of the genitals before birth. Not eating is a precursor, not eating, diarrhoea, restlessness, if the body temperature shows a decreasing state means that the birth is about to take place, and before the birth the dog has a very obvious action is to pick and pull the litter. A bitch in labour will keep turning back and forth, her back will arch, her abdomen will get bigger and she will start to strain and have pains.
