Has anyone ever had this happen before?

[khyorkies]

Originally Posted by Cookie2

I just went through that .In fact I slept on the floor the first night because Lola refused to sleep in the whelp box with her puppy.She would often growl at him when he got close to her face or butt area. Everytime he would try to nurse she would either turn her face or ignore him completely.She would walk out of the box with him haniging off her nipple !She didnt even lick him at all for 2 days. I had to do it with a moist cotton ball. The third night I was on the floor sleeping for an hour and Lola woke me up panting and digging. She never went into labor because she had an emergency C-section. Well she went through the "fake labor" and that lasted a few hrs. Finally early in that morning it's like she woke upfrom a coma! In a second she just started licking and licking the puppy like crazy and she kept throwing herself on her back so the puppy could nurse. Now she doesnt leave the puppy unless she needs to potty. She wont even get out of the box to eat. I have to hand feed her and slowly show her the bowl but she'll only eat in her box.
Give Cookie a few days.Her hormones may need to kick in. I thought Lola would be a bad mom after the first 2 days but right now she's been amazing with the puppy. I know how you feel . I felt like OMG am I going to have to sit here at every feeding holding the puppy on her nipple? lol My back was killing me! lol

How much did the little girl weigh?


Genie

I am so glad Lola and her baby are doing good now!
Cookie is doing better today, at about 5:35 PM we had a feeding and she let her crawl up near her head and she just layed there. So the rest of the night she would go in there on her own and feed the baby. So she is doing better today but she still won't feed the baby unless I am in the room, but when I am in the room she does really good, but when I am not in the room she will run in there real fast and check on her and then come back and lay on my lap. But the baby looks good, she is a fat little baby.


I going to take Cookie to the vet when I go to have her tail docked. Because Cookies back teats are getting that cottage cheese look to them and I am worried she will get mastitis, so I am going to see if the will give me some antibiotics to take home. I was feeding the puppy on those back teat every feeding because I was afraid this would happen.


She weighed 4 oz's at birth.

[Chloe and Joey]

Congrats on the pup! As Genie said, I am sure that she will warm up to the pup before you know it. Glad to hear that the little girl is gaining weight and that all is well.

[khyorkies]

Originally Posted by Chloe and Joey

Congrats on the pup! As Genie said, I am sure that she will warm up to the pup before you know it. Glad to hear that the little girl is gaining weight and that all is well.

Thank you!
She is doing alot better today! She is still getting used to it, but is feeding by herself now.

[HighlandYorkies]

Well done...that little pup is special !