My dog angel had puppies 3 weeks ago, she dosent seem to want to stay with her puppies, she had 9 of them, I think they are all doing well they seem to be happy but they want to feed all the time and she just dosent seem to want to do it.
I am giving her puppy food ( as much as she wants I dont let her bowl get empty for long) and i feed her 3 eggs and meat, chicken hamburger or pork once a day along with giving her chicken broth to drink through out the day. I tried to give the puppies some water which some of them would drink but not sure if that is a good idea, they all are growing and gaining weight but i am just worried any ideas or thoughts?
Niomi Smith Webboard User Reg: 04-20-2009
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How old is the dog?
Is she a first time mom?
Also, be careful with feeding her kibble and raw meat close together. They have different digestion times and raw meat sitting in her stomach can cause some problems. I would wait at least 12 hours from the last time she had kibble to give her raw.
Also, check the puppies nails. If they are too long, they could be causing her pain when they nurse. Maybe she also doesn't want you to leave her alone, so try moving the puppies out nearer to you as long as it is still a quiet environment.
If after all that she is still not tending to them, you may have to sit with her and let the pups nurse, then take them away (keep them warm) and put them on scheduled nursing times until they are ready to be weaned.
I cut the puppies nails yesturday thinking that might be a problem. My husband told me not to but i did it anyway thinking that might be a problem because they were sharp from what I could tell.
This is my first litter with her and ever so I am really new to all of this but I dont give her raw meat I cook it for her and give her any left over meat we have from our dinner trying to help mom keep up with all the puppies.
Do you know about how many times they should feed per day?
and should I take them out like 3 at a time and put them with mom to feed? and if i did that how many times should i do that through the day?
My GSD was similar at that age...she started to pretty significantly reduce the amount of time she spent with them, however, she WAS still feeding and cleaning them.
Are you SURE she's not doing her job? If the puppies are gaining weight, then obviously, they are being fed. Are you maybe TOO involved? Maybe she doesn't want you observing/intervening so often. Mine sure didn't. If I picked up a pup, she took it out of my hands.
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I would think about Jenni's post, are you there too much?
So, if you see that they aren't gaining weight well, I would start with feeding them. Leave them where mom can get to them and monitor her to see if she does go to tend to them (Try not to be too obvious about it, a baby monitor might help so you can hear her when she goes to them). If two or three hours has passed and she hasn't gone to check on them, then I would bring her back in and let the pups nurse while you are there.If she is content to sit with them while you are there, she may just want to be nearer to you, so you can try to move the pups into a quiet, but more central, living space during the day.
If the puppies are gaining weight well and she is tending to them, then I would leave everything as is.
its working much better i sit with her and she stays in with the pups to feed i guess she just wanted me to be there with her have done this twice today is there a number of times she should feed them or just when they whine for her?
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