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Originally Posted by tiggerr36792  
One of my females actually acted that way every time she had puppies. The first 3 to 4 days she wanted to be completely catered too. After the first few days she does start to wander out of the whelping box just abit, but races back as soon as one of her babies makes a squeak. |
Lucy is doing that now, yesterday I figured maybe if I take her out of her whelping box and out of the room with the babies she would eat, but as soon as her babies started to cry she wanted back in the room and was actually crying to get back in the room I had to let her back in.
I have another question while I'm here, is it normal for another female dog who is spayed to act like the new babies are hers? My sabrina also keeps crying to get in the room with the babies whenever she hears them cry, she helped lucy during her whelping, Lucy was tired and I guess didn't want the 1st baby near her, she would run from the baby I guess because she was still giving birth to her other baby, anyway Sabrina jumped into the whelping box with Lucy and picked the baby up and brought the baby to the corner with her, started to lick the baby and cuddled with the baby I guess to keep him warm while lucy was birthing the other, anyway, since then she acts like the babies are hers, Lucy does not seem to mind when Sabrina comes around but when the boys are anyway near the room she is in they don't even have to go in the room Lucy starts to growl. Is that normal for Sabrina to act like she is and for Lucy not to mind it?