Comments on: When a mother dog takes out one of the puppies and pees on it, is she abandoning the puppy? What should i do? http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/when-a-mother-dog-takes-out-one-of-the-puppies-and-pees-on-it-is-she-abandoning-the-puppy-what-should-i-do/ Fri, 18 May 2012 02:28:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: happycamper http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/when-a-mother-dog-takes-out-one-of-the-puppies-and-pees-on-it-is-she-abandoning-the-puppy-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 happycamper Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:15:13 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/when-a-mother-dog-takes-out-one-of-the-puppies-and-pees-on-it-is-she-abandoning-the-puppy-what-should-i-do/#comment-1497 Yes, she is marking the puppy, probably instinctual so it will be safer. Have you given this dam any extra calcium? I suggest you give her some calcium with magnesium. It sounds like she is being over taxed nursing and this is pretty typical of dams when they get low on calcium. Also start supplementing and feeding these puppies at 3-4 weeks. 45 years raising AKC champions Yes, she is marking the puppy, probably instinctual so it will be safer. Have you given this dam any extra calcium? I suggest you give her some calcium with magnesium. It sounds like she is being over taxed nursing and this is pretty typical of dams when they get low on calcium. Also start supplementing and feeding these puppies at 3-4 weeks.

45 years raising AKC champions

]]> By: ambili http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/when-a-mother-dog-takes-out-one-of-the-puppies-and-pees-on-it-is-she-abandoning-the-puppy-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 ambili Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:06:38 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/when-a-mother-dog-takes-out-one-of-the-puppies-and-pees-on-it-is-she-abandoning-the-puppy-what-should-i-do/#comment-1496 No, the mother is not abondoning the puppy. It is only leaving its smell mark where the puppy was left. It is in fact teaching the puppy after easing. In case it does not return on its own, the mother would search for it. I presume, since this is happening for quite some time, you could have discovered return back of the child No, the mother is not abondoning the puppy. It is only leaving its smell mark where the puppy was left. It is in fact teaching the puppy after easing. In case it does not return on its own, the mother would search for it. I presume, since this is happening for quite some time, you could have discovered return back of the child

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