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Mother biting her 4 week old puppies
My 8 month old Papillon had pups 4 weeks ago. Realizing she is too
young, was pregnant before I got her, I have two questions. Since the pups were at least 3 weeks old, the mother would bite at them. It is not the normal nibbling that dogs when they are going after fleas or an itch, she does that too them too. She actualy bites their tails, legs and head to the point where they yelp. Now I know that mothers do this to clean their puppies and to introduce required stress, but I am still concerned. Now that the puppies are 4 weeks old, they have started to leave the welping box and are exploring more. They leave the box get so far and then they start to yelp. The mother moves from one pup to another, licking and biting, but I have never seen her try and pick them up to bring them back to the welping box. Actually if she wants to move them a bit, she will drag them by the tail. Eventually after a time, I will pick them up and bring them back to the box. The mother jumps up and down, seeming quite happy that I am putting them back in the box. Is this normal. Could she be too young to know how to pick them up. I do not think it is because I am helping, I try and wait as long as I can bear it before I put them back in the box. Once when the pups were a week and a half, we were grocery shopping and when we got back, one of the pups had gotten out of the welping box and had made it a good 10 feet. The puppy was yelping and shaking and the mother did nothing, but was once again happy when we brought the puppy back to the box. |
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