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Originally Posted by MiloBabyBoy

Hi, I wanted to ask a question about the after pregnancy behaviors in a [COLOR=green! important][COLOR=green! important]yorkie[/COLOR][/COLOR]. Sophie just had her [COLOR=green! important][COLOR=green! important]puppies[/COLOR][/COLOR] yesterday but one died .
She has been an excellent mommy to her only pup, but one thing that worries me is that she's often picking it up and moving it from her pet [COLOR=green! important][COLOR=green! important]bed[/COLOR][/COLOR]
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to the "labor pet bed" (a larger one), so I tried putting her [COLOR=green! important][COLOR=green! important]pet [COLOR=green! important]bed[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] inside the "labor" bed one and she still continued to pick it up and taking it to other places. The pup was crying the whole time she was carrying it. What should I do? At first I took it away, because I thought she was being aggressive but then I let her do whatever she wanted to do, after all nature takes over and she's the mom. I just am worried, she's still doing it. Please help!!

She's trying to hide her puppy. What you need to do is put her and her pup in a quiet area away from the rest of the household. Put her whelping bed in a play pen, off the ground to avoid drafts (whelping area should be kept at 80 degrees, but you probably know that). Make sure the area is covered. The first 8 weeks of the puppy's life, all that is needed is mom. So, keep puppy handling to a minimum; only handle to weigh, take temp and make sure that mom is diapering.