As I said I do not have experience raising purebred dogs but I do have many years experience taking care of other's cast offs, purebred, mixed breed, and feral. I have never encountered a mother dog that would harm it's young even under stressful conditions.
I have always provided quiet safe conditions for my mom's but sadly many dogs have to give birth to their young and care for them under very crowded and stressful conditions. Those little troopers do what they need to in order to care for their young.
Any mother dog that is so high strung that she would harm her young should not be used for breeding.
Of course you want to be sensitive to your mother dog. Is she is stressed by her older pup being around the new pups then you need to make sure you keep the older pup away.
There is the possibility of the pup going into a false pregnancy especially since she was recently in heat and seems so determined to want puppies. That would be my concern after the mother's comfort.
Oh, I did see an animal kill it's young once. It was a hamster whose babies babies fell out of the nest. But that was a rodent. |