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  • No, She may feel disconnected for a while but when they are gone she will not miss them and if they are there with her to long she will start snapping at them so they leave her alone. If she sees one a few months later she will not act any differently around them. It is like they don't even remember them.
  • Dogs, being pack animals will set up a pack hierarchy if allowed to do so. Some of the pups would be kept as part of the pack and others would be driven off to found new packs. Once they are gone she will quickly get over it.
  • I think they do and they don't. If you want to create the MOST PERFECT AND OPTIMUM situation, you do not begin removing the puppies until they are between the ages of 10 to 12 weeks. (why so bloody long? you can safely place a pup at age 8 weeks, they are well on semi solid foods by then, physically able to be without Mom...but mentally and emotionally...ahhh there's the rub) Because THIS is the time in which the puppies are learning their LIFE LESSONS on good conduct FROM THEIR MOTHER and FROM EACH OTHER! This is the time they have become fairly active, they are trying new games, new ways to interact with MOM and with their siblings! Puppies who stay with "the family" during this time period (and you CAN go ahead and accept deposits, or list individual pups as going to a specific new owner if that is what the potential owner and you wish to do) learn that if you chomp down on MOM Dog too hard, she is going to say something to you and may nip you right back! Game ends very quickly! Likewise, if you bite your brother or sister, you will either get bitten back SHARPLY, or they will scream bloody murder, and MOM may come running, and/or, again THE GAME, THE FUN ABRUPTLY ENDS! THE PUPPY LESSON? Do NOT bite with those sharp puppy teeth or you will have NO fun, and may get bitten back! Other useful lessons also occur! If your Bitch is well trained in GOING OUTSIDE for potty needs, I've taken advantage of this and used Mom Dog to help HOUSE TRAIN the pups...with GREAT SUCCESS...Yes I did my part too to encourage, keep watch and reward the pups (an Mom too after all she's helping with it) for proper location potty trip successes. But, it was almost a breeze compared to House Training without Mom Dog's help! Puppies are learning these Life Skills that will serve them well and please their new owners too. Why NOT give them the opportunity to develop as much as possible in this area? The bonus specifically as it relates to YOUR Question...by the time Mom Dog is finished with these lessons...were she on her own in life...without human interference...SHE would be encouraging them to take a hike! Nursing is OVER, Training is OVER, SHE'S DONE and more emotionally prepared to see the little darling buggers GO AWAY NOW! (SHOO, SHOO...LEAVE ME ALONE!) Not to say she won't perhaps enjoy seeing them later, or remember her pups...likely she will, and likely she'll be happy to see them again......LATER!
  • I THINK IT WOULD BECUSE GIVING A WAY IT FAMLY HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF YOUR MOM GAVE YOU AWAY TO SOMEONE YOU DONT KNOW
  • At first mama doggie may yearn for her babies, as this is her natural instinct to care for her litter. But after a few days she will be fine and probably rather subdued. Under normal conditions she will begin weaning her pups between 5 to 6 weeks after birth and then give up her mama duties. Sale of puppies though is not permitted until pups are at least 8 to 10 weeks of age - so you picked a good age to offer them to another family. Someones doggie has had 3 litters in her life, and she managed to give away MOST of her babies. Mama doggie fared well through each parting. They kept 2 of her babies from various litters (They live out in the country and have room for them) and she doesn't even acknowledge them as her own anymore. In fact, she's rather not deal with them at all now that she's finally spayed. Dogs and cats are not people and do not have the emotional capacity or memory of humans. Although she is cabable of loving her babies while they are in her care, it will be no time at all before she forgets she was mama doggie at all.
  • gosh I hope not, my husband's best friend has puppies from his dog (a pit bull) and my dog ( a schnauzer)! We're gonna have to try to give the pups away, and that makes me wonder...
  • Please consider neutering your dog now so that she, and you, don't have to go through this again. There are too many puppies waiting in rescue leagues for adoption, including purebred puppies, to justify breeding additional litters. Every home your puppies get is a home some puppy on Death Row CAN'T get.
  • If one day you receive a bite and you don't know why. There could be a correlation.
  • Well she's hardly going to turn cartwheels.
  • Hey umm do by any chance live in florida/ what type of dog isit/ ae they male or female howmuch do they cost
  • She may feel sad and gloomie 4 a few days but she'll get over it. in a year or so if she has another litter she wont remember them because she has more babies to look after. but i would wait 4 her 2 b ready 2 let them go when she stops being so watchfull and starts 2 calm down alittle.
  • She'll be a little upset at first, and will look for them. But she will forget and go on with her life. She won't mourn or be all upset or anything. It's natural for puppies to leave home.
  • After 10 weeks, most mother dogs start to walk away from their puppies during times like feeding. You can separate them between 10-12 weeks and they will get over it.
  • YES BUT SHE WILL SOON GET OVER IT
  • Our dog had puppies 7 weeks ago and the breeder came to get them 3 days ago and the past 2 nights she is restless and whining. During the day she is fine because she is kept busy. I hope she will be okay in a week or so. We have another dog so hopefully that will satisfy her loneliness for her pups at some point. She will have 1 more litter and we will keep a pup so we'll see how that goes. I would love to keep them all because we became so attached to the 1st litter but I know that is not realistic for us.
  • My bitch gets upset when she can hear them but not see them or get to them, however generally once they go to new mums and dads she is fine and I think a bit relieved, they get hard work towards 6-8 weeks!

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