I am 4'11" and her feet used to drag when I picked her up before she was pregnant! Momma dog’s rectal temperature will drop to a low of 98 to 99 degrees. twice over a 45 hr period. The drop of body temp is an indication she is going to go into labor. In dogs, the first stage is 12-30 hours before labor. From my experience, taking the temperature during the last week of gestation is helpful but not accurate at all times. What does it mean? She appears to go into early labor (panting, restlessness) for about two hours and then sleeps and repeats the cycle and has done this about four times. Uterine Inertia in Dogs. Now a good bit heavier I don't think I could carry her down stairs to the prepared whelping area, that has blankets, walls 18 " high and is 4' by 4'. The temperature drop is due to a reduction in serum progesterone levels and signals that the dog will start labor within 24 hours. A dog's normal temp is 100-101. My first huge temp drop was on 7DPO and my second was 10DPO (I'm 10dpo today). my pregnant dog is due today but her temperature has gone back up? But lately for the past 2 days it has been going from 100.6 to 99.7 and today 5/7/11 at 10am, Her temp was as low as 98.6 which has never been that low and has stayed there for a few hours and then went back up to 99.4. My Puggle is inbetween day 62-65 of gestation, I have been recording her temp for the last week in a half and have noticed her normal temp is at 100.6.. A dog’s normal temperature is between 101-102.5F degrees. (About 10-14 days pre-whelping you are supposed to take the dog's temperature three times a day and keep a temperature chart.) My dog is on day 63 of pregnancy. A pregnant bitch`s Progesterone levels and body temperature will reduce slowly during the last 10 days or so of pregnancy. WTH!? The vet said at 5 PM tonight it was normal for her temp to go down then back to normal but it dropped again down to 98.7 and is once again back up to her "normal" temp. ... as dogs in the wild would have to cope on their own when in labour. On Day 60 her temp dropped- we are at 48+hrs after temp drop. Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? The pre-whelping decrease may only last a few hours. If you are using the temperature to guage puppy arrival, the temp will drop to 98.7 or so and then spike back up … ... who would have guessed. Uterine inertia is a condition in which the pregnant female dog is unable to birth her fetuses due to uterine muscle's inability to contract and expel the puppies from the uterus. Her temperature may rise and fall during this time, but once her temperature falls below 99 degrees, she should go into labor in the next 24 hours. Temperature drop prior to Whelping ... bitch`s body temperature will begin to go back up again. 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