What sucks beside this mess with the puppies is that people like this have
kids of their own.



"logey30" wrote in message
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My 2 year old Shar-pit ( half Shar-pei, half pit bull) had 10 very fat
and healthy puppies on Nov.22 (thanksgiving). She did very good nursing
them and keeping them clean...Well until they got teeth and claws at 4
weeks old. I would beg her to get in with them and nurse them but she
wouldn't. The only way we could get her to nurse was to grab her by the
collar and put her in with them and sit beside her so she wouldn't get
up because she would as soon as we'd leave the room. I can't blame her
for not wanting to nurse because the puppies were clawing her up so bad
she was bleeding from the claw marks. I was worried about the puppies
getting enough to eat so I bought some soft food and gave it to them
and they loved it! I then gave them some water and they drank it up
too. I had them in a large plastic kiddie pool and by 4 weeks they were
climbing out and running all through the house. My mom told me it would
be ok to give them away if they could eat and drink on their own. By
this time , my dog has stopped cleaning up after them and stopped
nursing them. So you could imagine the mess and the noise they created.
Well, I told everyone that if they wanted to, they could come pick up
their puppy, I stressed to everyone the ages of the pups and was
reassured they would all be takin care of. Well a cousin of mine, the
studs owner, ran and claimed his first pick and brought people with him
who ended up taking half of the liter home with them at 4 weeks old. I
was told he would keep her inside but when I went to his house after
one week, she was outside with a broken rib already. He was playing
dumb about how it might have happened so I let it go. I kept one of her
puppies too, and when I brought mine to his house that first week, they
were the same size. Well another week passed and I went to his house
and his puppy seemed to have shrunk compaired to mine and he wasn't
home, no one was and she was outside all alone. I also checked on the
daddy to the liter and he was ...is so skinny you could count his ribs.
My cousin doesn't have a good record of keeping his dogs with food and
water on a daily basis. He once had to keep my dog for me and she was
skinny by the first 2 weeks .So I removed her. My brother also had a
dog at his home and he too was skinny until we got him. Well 3 weeks
ago my cousin said his puppy was dragging her back leg and he didn't
know why, well a couple of days later she was dead. He told me just
yesterday that another puppy I had given to his dad, my uncle, started
limping and he was taken to the vet where he supposabley was told that
something was wrong with all the puppies because they were taken away
from their mother too soon and it had something to do with their bodies
outgrowing their ligaments.He also claims that is what his died from. I
myself think that if his other dog isn't being fed then how could any
of them be? I want to know if I am wrong to blame him or if he has a
ligitamate reason for his puppy's demise!




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logey30