[Yorkiemom1]

Survival of the fittest....an instinct we work around as breeders. Sometimes, it is just that it is a pup that is smaller, a little weaker, and momma thinks it would not survive if things got worse....sometimes there are actually real and clear, present issues, that the momma knows as a loving creature of God....is going to put that baby at a disadvantage in life, so she culls her own litter. I ASSUMED, as a breeder, you had already had these babies checked post whelp, within the first 24-36 hours following birth....please tell me you have done that.....

But then I read your post closely....am I understanding momma is not isolated with her newborns, and is allowed to travel and carry these tiny enfants all over the house? These babies are not able to regulate their body temp.....they should be kept in an isolated area, and kept at a constant warm temp of at least 88*-94*....they should not be carried all over the house, placed on cold tile floors....this is not going to turn out well for you if you dont intervene and provide a safe, warm area for those newborns! If the babies are not kept warm, body functions close down/slow down, and all that can be seen as imminent death for a newborn, in the eyes of their momma....so momma will isolate the "weak and ill" baby, as SHE sees it, and allow it to die.

Mommas should be isolated from the rest of the household, especially other animals/pets/children/visitors...she should NOT be allowed to carry her babies all over the house....she will hide the baby she thinks is sick and it will die and you wont even be able to find it to help it. Or she will simply kill it and eat most of it.... Temperature around the momma and babies should be regulated, or the babies will not eat/eliminate properly...their systems shut down, momma thinks they are sick, and she kills them and eats them.....or she may just hide the body where you can not find it for awhile. Babies should be weighed at least once daily, so you can get some kind of idea if the baby is thriving....I weigh and record all my babies at least twice a day, and anyone I am concerned about, is weighed at least 3 times a day. You have to know if body temp is regulated after 3 weeks, which will allow the puppy more freedom around momma and the whelping area....at that time, you can start to back down on your ambient temp control....80*-86* will suffice at that point in time....still no drafts....

Good luck with your new litter....these tiny enfants deserve the very best available to them....if you have a momma that does not want to instinctively remain with her newborns, protecting and caring for them, even to her own disadvantage, you should not allow her to have litters.....she is not interested or motivated and will not care for them properly. And when they are at an age when momma start to teach her babies how to be socially acceptable and interactive appropriately with people and other dogs, if your female has no interest in those babies, she is NOT a breeder and should not be used as such.