Maternal Behavior Problems in Dogs

My dog used to neglect her puppies, ad would avoid feeding them at all costs. We found out that she did this for several reasons; it was her first birth, she had several puppies, she wasn't earing regularly and fleas had taken over her nesting place. We corrected all the issues, and there are only two puppies remaining. However, she seems to care for one more than the other. That puppy is fatter, and she plays with him a lot more than his brother. Could it be because one of the puppies bears more resemblance to her than the other?

A dog had been trying to steal our dog's pups, two nights in a row the dog had tried to get close to the pups. at first we didn't know it was wanting to get the puppies but last night it was able to pick one pup since our dog got caught on the barb wire fence in the backyard when she was trying to chase the dog away. I saw the dog pick up the pup and ran away with it, luckily my brothers were able to chase after it. the dog dropped the pup and ran. the pup is now in shock and so are we. we had put the pups and the mother in a safer room. We're also not sure if the dog that had tried stealing our pups is a he or a she. She only appears at night when the lights are off too. strangely it seems to be too smart for a stray dog. It had tried stealing our neighbor's puppies as well.

My four yo female dog protects one cat and now attacks the others. What can I do? She attacks the older cats she has lived with for two years to protect a kitten

Our German Shepherd littered 7 puppies + 1 still born. After 10 days, mother started picking up a particular puppy and carrying everywhere in the house. This is being observed for last 7 days. Even after all puppies are fed, she picks up this particular male puppy and keeps close to her. She continuously licks puppy keeping it wet all the time. The puppy is healthy and like others. Unable to understand this behaviour. Also at times, mother tries to dig the earth. Can anyone please share the probable reasons and solution to challenge. Due to this behaviour, puppy screams whenever mother picks him.

My dog is a new mom she has a liter of 7. She hasnt been cleaning the pups well so we have to step in and do it.she barely goes in the pups room unless i make her go in by shutting off anyway for her to get out. I feel lime she doesnt go in enough to do her motherly duties. Shes avoiding them and only nurses when i put her in their room she seems fine but with us doing her duties is this normal. Plus she seem to think a chew toy is one of them i think. When the pups cry she atill dont go in there any suvgestions.

Just one other question, is it normal for her to let her pups go for 5 hrs at a time bc she started sleeping with me and were 'll in the same room and is it normal that cry when they try and eat??? They only do it when they suck in her teet.

She had puppies at some point when she lived with her past owners which was many years ago. Yesterday she got a chance to sniff a neighbors dog which is a small breed and since then she began acting very strange. She has one toy in particular that she used to like and play with as a regular toy then she pretty much ignored it for several months and all of a sudden since yesterday's event she began picking it up, always keeping it by her side, licking it, keeping it safe next to her, if we take it from her she becomes stressed (panting and frantically looking around)and immediatelly goes to search the whole home for it so she could bring it back by her side. The strangest of all is that if we squeak the toy she almost every single time licks the toy then begins licking her nipples. Is she by chance checking if she can give it her milk? It's very strange and heartbreaking in a way. I think it has something to do with Excessive Mothering Behavior. She ignored that toy for months and now she honestly freaks out being without it (what seems like nurturing) which honestly was a 360 change in her behavior in a day so I wonder if it was because of her encounter with that younger and tiny female dog? Is there something I can do for her?

Is it normal for my female pit to who was spayed when I got her to try and be a surragate to a chuiwawa pup who's mother passed trying to give birth to the other pups also she kicks the pup an awful lot is it normal for her to constantly want to kick the puppy

My dog gave birth to 8 puppies a week ago, 1 was born stillborn and this morning I found 1 dead. I guess my question is should I separate her from the rest of her pups at night only? She's a good mom, she's cleans and feeds them but she also sleeps away from her new pups as well. Should I bring her in to the vet? She leaves her pups for a period of time, sometimes an hour or so & sometimes longer.

Hello, my dog is mixed breed partly papillon rescued dog aged 4 years. She was found pregnant in 7 weeks. She gave birth to 5 litters. Since then and for the past 12 weeks she has been acting very aggressive. Over protective to her puppies and small toys. She keeps barking severely toward anyone other than us four (my husband, myself and my 2 boys). If we take them out to potty she keeps running behind them and biting the puppies for going out of their playpen and or room. What should I do?

she's jealous of her 2 and a half week old puppies and won't have nothing to do with them now. She won't feed nor clean them nothing . shes 2 years old and a only dog she's always been very jealous of any other animal . but at first she was a good mom had 12 and 1 died right away she was good to the others till 3 days ago.I dont know what to do

My little Pom had 4 puppies this morning and the mother is doing fantastic, however she has left the puppies by themselves for an extended period. Should I be checking to see if the mother has sufficient milk flow?

One of my females gave birth 2 weeks ago and my other female (1 of her daughters I kept from her first litter) wants to clean and lay with them..the mother is allowing her to do so. Is this normal? She has never had a litter of her own does thus mean he is wanting to be a mother?

my dog just recently gave birth about 1 week ago and she does nurse them and lick them but sometimes she snaps and growls at them and whenever i leave the room she whines and barks non stop till i return and sometimes she'll wander off to follow me and stay with me and leaves her pups alone and she scratches the floors a lot and whines in a super high pitched manner or just cry randomly. she'll sometimes leave her pups to cry excessively and ill have to demand her to go back to her pups. im just wondering if this is normal behavior or ??

My dog just had puppies yesterday shes doing all her motherly duties and is alwats with the puppies when i bring her outside to relive herself she gets it done very fast and wants to go back in but the first time i brought her out after she had them she is very aggressive towards people on the street walking by. They dont even pay attention to her and she barks and trys to jump at them. She has always been a friendly lovable dog. If people co.e to thw house she barks once or twice but settles back down with the babies. Is this normal? Is she going to go back to normal

My dog is exhibiting some odd behaviors long after she has given birth. Her pups are 5 weeks old now and she is on her 3rd liter and had not exhibited these behaviors before. Her liters have been 2 years apart each. This particular liter even though they are 5 weeks old she has not attempted to ween them off and her milk has dried out for the most part and we have been giving the puppies water-soaked puppy kibbles. Another odd behavior is eve after multiple bathroom trips outside during the day, she will urinate and deficate in the house at night when we usually leave her out and she’ll be fine. Another odd behavior is that she will normally leave her pups when nursing or watching them if she see’s or smells food when I’m eating or in the kitchen. On morning I was making food for her pups which she’s likes very much and eats as a treat. Her pups are big now and we’re trying to nurse and they had pushed her in a corner. I called her name and she didnt jump and leave them. I went and picked her up away from them to come get a treat and she didn’t eat it AND she ran back to her pups. I called her name again and she continued to ignore me and sat by her other owners bedroom door with the puppies fighting her for milk. I put them in their large cage with their meal where they are kept and she still didn’t want the treat. Their poops are large and she still wants to eat them, and the last thing is that we don’t keep her in the cage with her puppies anymore because she started scratching to get out like a week ago and we put her in her own crate. She had a huge accident in her crate which has never happened before even after multiple bathroom trips before we left the house for the day. She is showing some very weird behaviors and I’m not sure why they are starting so late after whelping.

My American Bully has her first litter on December 26. She had 8 puppies, one died. She cleaned them up and was feeding regularly at the beginning but after about a week she wouldn't check on them or feed them, we had to pretty much hold her there for the pups to feed. Is this normal or should we get her fixed?

My dog had her pups a week and a half ago and even tho she's she's good mom she has moments lately where she will sleep with me for like 5 hrs or more I had to tell her to go lay in her box. She had 5 pups but 1 was born dead. She keeps going around digging in her bed the blankets the couch trying to get under the furniture or bury herself down in the couch. She seems depressed even tho she has playful moments. Why does she keep digging and trying to hide just herself???