Comments on: Physical and Behavior Development: Newborn Puppies http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/ Holistic Approach to Pampering Small Dogs Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:14:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: andrea http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67734 andrea Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:14:51 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67734 just letting u no all pups are still doing great there 12 days old and eyes are all open or starting to on the rest. 11 pups are all big and strong and one is still a fail way behind them but we have been bottle feeding her in the morning and nite and throwing her on when the others aint feeding. gone from only drinking 25mils to a whooping 70 mils a feed was over nite one day that she started pigging out like that just letting u no all pups are still doing great there 12 days old and eyes are all open or starting to on the rest.
11 pups are all big and strong and one is still a fail way behind them but we have been bottle feeding her in the morning and nite and throwing her on when the others aint feeding.
gone from only drinking 25mils to a whooping 70 mils a feed was over nite one day that she started pigging out like that

]]> By: andrea http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67556 andrea Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:01:09 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67556 nah thats cool i no how its frowned on to be a breeder. but i just wanted to point out was all that my bitch catalina will be desexed one day soon and kepted because she is our family. and the reason i was desperate to get help for these pups isnt money its life when the last litter had the runt die at 1 week old it was very depressing as we spent so much time on making sure he fed and tried hand rearing him when we noticed him sick one morning, wasnt sick as in vomiting or anything like that he was just weak as and in alot of trouble. he always seemed to be feeding but had not grown a bit since birth so there had to have been a big problem with him he died groaning in pain the vet thought he mite have had an infection in his belly from unbilicord. nah thats cool i no how its frowned on to be a breeder.
but i just wanted to point out was all that my bitch catalina will be desexed one day soon and kepted because she is our family.
and the reason i was desperate to get help for these pups isnt money its life when the last litter had the runt die at 1 week old it was very depressing as we spent so much time on making sure he fed and tried hand rearing him when we noticed him sick one morning, wasnt sick as in vomiting or anything like that he was just weak as and in alot of trouble.
he always seemed to be feeding but had not grown a bit since birth so there had to have been a big problem with him
he died groaning in pain the vet thought he mite have had an infection in his belly from unbilicord.

]]> By: Renée http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67555 Renée Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:34:12 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67555 Andrea, Sorry if I had came out the wrong way, but be certain I'm not judging you (am not in the position to judge). :) Again I apologize. Hugs to all your newborns!!! All the best to your endeavors. :) Andrea,

Sorry if I had came out the wrong way, but be certain I’m not judging you (am not in the position to judge). :)

Again I apologize.
Hugs to all your newborns!!!
All the best to your endeavors. :)

]]> By: andrea http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67554 andrea Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:15:55 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67554 yes she has breed 3 of her 5 seasons she has been in, but this time wasnt planed she got out of the house while i was out on christmas last year when a window was open in a kids room with a screen and she pushed it open enough to get out. she is a pure american johnson bulldog and so is my male both with papers and i only own the 2 and this is my begining as a kennel which is named barkley's american bulldogs. there not caged nor puppy mill dogs or pups my male GRK Jackdaniels and WILDSIDES catalina Rose are both my familys pets. which is why she got out of the house to be back with her mate, they aint happy to be apart. since the ressession hit the same month her first litter was born ive never made any money what so ever on the pups that were supposed to be worth $1500 au dollars such a joke but some breeders get that. both my dogs are from title champison parents one is australian champion i am joined to american bulldog registy and have been invited to show my dogs as one was bred by registy owner. all my pups have gone to good homes and they update me all the time on how there going and send me pics.i sold most of mine from a couple from 800 dollars 1 $1200 the rest were only 250 to 400 dollars with there full papers from both the last litters. because i had alot of trouble last time i was resting her when she got out. on top of that im a single mother and we are moving house around the time they are going to be 6 weeks old so there was no way i wanted to have a litter. what with there needles costs worming fleaing and microchipping and the big one feeding them there is no money in breeding them. but the dream was there to begin with that at least once a year i mite have enough money from it to fix my car and pay for expences that i struggle with being a single mother who is a carer of 2 children with disabiltys. anyway the more i write the worse i think it makes me look. and i am a animal lover that is surrounded by animals we take in that no one wants including wildlife birds that no one will take on eg we have a blackbird we raised from 3 at the most days old. have a chook that was bashed and throw around in the housing area we live near. we had 2 lambs we bottle fed that had been stolen from a paddock near here that were dumbed at a bus stop still with there cords fresh and covered in muck. once they were weaned from bottle we handed them to rspca so they could home them as they have a no kill and we wanted the best home possable for them. anyway the rice was only added to the food as i had used rice the same day in our meal and mixed it all up at alot more of the other dry and tin then rice. the pork was just from our left overs i have always been told to feed mother for the weeks before giving birth to be on a good puppy food and thats what im doing adding more things to keep her wanting to eat all the time. she is fusy over dry food. heating it was only cause it was frozen to make sure nothing went off. she is always been used to left overs from us too as i have 4 kids and myself so there is always something left on plates yes she has breed 3 of her 5 seasons she has been in, but this time wasnt planed she got out of the house while i was out on christmas last year when a window was open in a kids room with a screen and she pushed it open enough to get out.
she is a pure american johnson bulldog and so is my male both with papers and i only own the 2 and this is my begining as a kennel which is named barkley’s american bulldogs. there not caged nor puppy mill dogs or pups my male GRK Jackdaniels and WILDSIDES catalina Rose are both my familys pets. which is why she got out of the house to be back with her mate, they aint happy to be apart.
since the ressession hit the same month her first litter was born ive never made any money what so ever on the pups that were supposed to be worth $1500 au dollars such a joke but some breeders get that.
both my dogs are from title champison parents one is australian champion i am joined to american bulldog registy and have been invited to show my dogs as one was bred by registy owner.
all my pups have gone to good homes and they update me all the time on how there going and send me pics.i sold most of mine from a couple from 800 dollars 1 $1200 the rest were only 250 to 400 dollars with there full papers from both the last litters.
because i had alot of trouble last time i was resting her when she got out.
on top of that im a single mother and we are moving house around the time they are going to be 6 weeks old so there was no way i wanted to have a litter.
what with there needles costs worming fleaing and microchipping and the big one feeding them there is no money in breeding them.
but the dream was there to begin with that at least once a year i mite have enough money from it to fix my car and pay for expences that i struggle with being a single mother who is a carer of 2 children with disabiltys.
anyway the more i write the worse i think it makes me look.
and i am a animal lover that is surrounded by animals we take in that no one wants including wildlife birds that no one will take on eg we have a blackbird we raised from 3 at the most days old.
have a chook that was bashed and throw around in the housing area we live near.
we had 2 lambs we bottle fed that had been stolen from a paddock near here that were dumbed at a bus stop still with there cords fresh and covered in muck.
once they were weaned from bottle we handed them to rspca so they could home them as they have a no kill and we wanted the best home possable for them.
anyway the rice was only added to the food as i had used rice the same day in our meal and mixed it all up at alot more of the other dry and tin then rice.
the pork was just from our left overs i have always been told to feed mother for the weeks before giving birth to be on a good puppy food and thats what im doing adding more things to keep her wanting to eat all the time.
she is fusy over dry food.
heating it was only cause it was frozen to make sure nothing went off.
she is always been used to left overs from us too as i have 4 kids and myself so there is always something left on plates

]]> By: Renée http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67551 Renée Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:53:35 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67551 Hi Andrea, Good to hear all 12 pups are alive and well, and mom is doing well too. Nothing much I can think of right now. But have a couple suggestions: Feed mom oatmeal between meals so you can use less or no rice with the dog food. Make sure the pork is thoroughly cooked. Preferably chicken…add this on top of the dog food. Mom needs a little more protein than usual. Avoid using microwave if you can. If you need to reheat, try steaming. Check the pups (especially those away from mom's side) regularly that they are warm, comfy, clean, and dry. You seem to have bred her every heat since she turned one. Why not give her a break or best let this be her last? :) Good luck, yes keep me posted. Hi Andrea,

Good to hear all 12 pups are alive and well, and mom is doing well too.

Nothing much I can think of right now. But have a couple suggestions:

Feed mom oatmeal between meals so you can use less or no rice with the dog food.
Make sure the pork is thoroughly cooked. Preferably chicken…add this on top of the dog food. Mom needs a little more protein than usual.
Avoid using microwave if you can. If you need to reheat, try steaming.
Check the pups (especially those away from mom’s side) regularly that they are warm, comfy, clean, and dry.

You seem to have bred her every heat since she turned one. Why not give her a break or best let this be her last? :)

Good luck, yes keep me posted.

]]> By: andrea http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67550 andrea Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:59:07 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67550 thank you so much renee. all 12 pups still alive day 3 except today at 8am they woke me with a couple in destress crying alot so i rushed out and got some di-vetelact from the vets its a low lactose animal supplement if u havent heard of the brand before. so i fed the 2 crying and this afternoon sent mum outside for a break and fed the whole 12 (not fun after the first 1 lol) i rang the rspca up (its a public hoilday here) to ask them if they had any rough idea about how much each pup should be given and they dont have any just offer till they refuse. but some wanted to eat while others didnt and wouldnt lashed on nipple of bottle so i got them to drink sort of old fashion farm way of getting calf to feed from bucket but using a syringe and my finger. the pups weigh between 150 grams till about 250 grams and only fed the lot today to make sure there were no hungery ones. will mainly just feed all 7 small ones and watch the others till im sure who is ok. mother is coping fine she is a good mother. has a huge area in a playpen cornered off half a room. because i fed the pups i had a pile moved to one end and left 4 where she was coming back in the ones i had abit of trouble forcing to feed. she fed them and one started crying in the other pile and she got up nosed around them found who was crying and picked her up and moved her to the pile she had and just laided it near her head where it went back to sleep. i have had to have airconditioner on and off over the last few days as she seems to pant heaps and heaps and stops when i turn that on. its not directly on the pups but an old window one that blows across room so as its end of summer here and very humid at the moment dont think there is any problems with runing it on and off for her. im feeding mother heaps i made up and froze a huge container of dry puppy food and wet puppy food and rice and have been feeding her that microwave warmed mixed with all the roast left overs i had yesterday of vegies and gravy and potatoes and pork so it smelled wonderful and she is loving that. making her 3 large bowls aday and she eats until she is full and i give the rest to daddy dog in the backyard who thinks all his christmases have come at once too. anything else u can think of that mite help make things easier? says on the tin feed newborn puppies 4 times aday should i fed them 4 times or maybe 2 times and keep watching how there going. thanks once again for replying to me. as i went to a dog forum and they were useless saying take them to a vet and ect. and why i didnt have an xray ect ect. this is the mother dogs 3rd litter she is 3 yrs old. her first litter i spent 100s at the vets making sure she wasnt going to have troubles xrays well ultrsound as she went 10 days over due and had them of all days christmas day. in 2008 her last litter middle of last year not a problem in the world she had them 4 days over due no hard labour and she is a good mother till they become about 3 weeks old where u have to tell her to get in there and feed them. she used to go lay on my couch and the pups would be screaming and she would be snoring and not caring abit about them crying till she seen me come and would then jump in with them. so she is a bit of a monkey there. thank u for your help god bless and i will keep u updated thank you so much renee.
all 12 pups still alive day 3 except today at 8am they woke me with a couple in destress crying alot so i rushed out and got some di-vetelact from the vets its a low lactose animal supplement if u havent heard of the brand before.
so i fed the 2 crying and this afternoon sent mum outside for a break and fed the whole 12 (not fun after the first 1 lol)
i rang the rspca up (its a public hoilday here)
to ask them if they had any rough idea about how much each pup should be given and they dont have any just offer till they refuse.
but some wanted to eat while others didnt and wouldnt lashed on nipple of bottle so i got them to drink sort of old fashion farm way of getting calf to feed from bucket but using a syringe and my finger.
the pups weigh between 150 grams till about 250 grams and only fed the lot today to make sure there were no hungery ones.
will mainly just feed all 7 small ones and watch the others till im sure who is ok.
mother is coping fine she is a good mother.
has a huge area in a playpen cornered off half a room.
because i fed the pups i had a pile moved to one end and left 4 where she was coming back in the ones i had abit of trouble forcing to feed.
she fed them and one started crying in the other pile and she got up nosed around them found who was crying and picked her up and moved her to the pile she had and just laided it near her head where it went back to sleep.
i have had to have airconditioner on and off over the last few days as she seems to pant heaps and heaps and stops when i turn that on.
its not directly on the pups but an old window one that blows across room so as its end of summer here and very humid at the moment dont think there is any problems with runing it on and off for her.
im feeding mother heaps i made up and froze a huge container of dry puppy food and wet puppy food and rice and have been feeding her that microwave warmed mixed with all the roast left overs i had yesterday of vegies and gravy and potatoes and pork so it smelled wonderful and she is loving that.
making her 3 large bowls aday and she eats until she is full and i give the rest to daddy dog in the backyard who thinks all his christmases have come at once too.
anything else u can think of that mite help make things easier?
says on the tin feed newborn puppies 4 times aday
should i fed them 4 times or maybe 2 times and keep watching how there going.
thanks once again for replying to me. as i went to a dog forum and they were useless saying take them to a vet and ect.
and why i didnt have an xray ect ect.
this is the mother dogs 3rd litter she is 3 yrs old.
her first litter i spent 100s at the vets making sure she wasnt going to have troubles xrays well ultrsound as she went 10 days over due and had them of all days christmas day. in 2008
her last litter middle of last year not a problem in the world she had them 4 days over due no hard labour and she is a good mother till they become about 3 weeks old where u have to tell her to get in there and feed them.
she used to go lay on my couch and the pups would be screaming and she would be snoring and not caring abit about them crying till she seen me come and would then jump in with them.
so she is a bit of a monkey there.
thank u for your help god bless and i will keep u updated

]]> By: Renée http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67515 Renée Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:28:40 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67515 Hi Andrea, Congrats to your new 12 pups! As you have experience from previous 2 litters you're aware that the stronger or dominating ones will rush to the upper teats before anyone else does. Just make sure the ones who got the lower teats have the chance to suck on the upper teats once the "stronger" ones finished. As to how many feeds a day, it should be between 4 to 6. Having said, the bigger ones might want an extra one or two more. My foremost concern is that the mom must gets proper nutritional meals between feeds so she has enough milk to go a few rounds. She will be more exhausted than usual so make sure she's comfortable and her stuff (food, water, potty pan) are within close range. Rotating 6 pups is a good idea. Just make sure the two rounds aren't too far apart. Preferably immediate after if mom isn't too tired. Otherwise, it would be hard on you to keep tabs. Alternatively, you can have 10 first and once the upper ones finished, move the 8 up and the other 2 to the lower teats and gradually move them up. Doing this way can be very tiring for you as you have to stay watchful throughout the process. Do make sure no pups is pushed away by the stronger ones. Identify 12 few weeks-old pups can be very difficult. You might want to use ribbons/crunchy/headbands and embroider initials on them. Make sure they aren't too tight around their necks. You're doing a wonderful job by keeping records of their weight. Good luck and best wishes to your newborns! Hi Andrea,

Congrats to your new 12 pups!

As you have experience from previous 2 litters you’re aware that the stronger or dominating ones will rush to the upper teats before anyone else does. Just make sure the ones who got the lower teats have the chance to suck on the upper teats once the “stronger” ones finished.

As to how many feeds a day, it should be between 4 to 6. Having said, the bigger ones might want an extra one or two more. My foremost concern is that the mom must gets proper nutritional meals between feeds so she has enough milk to go a few rounds. She will be more exhausted than usual so make sure she’s comfortable and her stuff (food, water, potty pan) are within close range.

Rotating 6 pups is a good idea. Just make sure the two rounds aren’t too far apart. Preferably immediate after if mom isn’t too tired. Otherwise, it would be hard on you to keep tabs. Alternatively, you can have 10 first and once the upper ones finished, move the 8 up and the other 2 to the lower teats and gradually move them up. Doing this way can be very tiring for you as you have to stay watchful throughout the process. Do make sure no pups is pushed away by the stronger ones.

Identify 12 few weeks-old pups can be very difficult. You might want to use ribbons/crunchy/headbands and embroider initials on them. Make sure they aren’t too tight around their necks.

You’re doing a wonderful job by keeping records of their weight.

Good luck and best wishes to your newborns!

]]> By: andrea http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67508 andrea Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:07:13 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67508 kyle a dog can lose all pups past one that died inside her and or when she has a big pup that was suck for to long inside her eg some bitches will have a few pups then stop labouring for a while as she attends to her other pups and to long a time between births is a reason why people lose pups. if she stops labouring and its about an hour since last pup max id ring the vets to have them tell u what to do. on the other hand my bitch had her first litter of 10 pups and took her 11 hours her last litter yesterday of 12 pups too her 9 hrs kyle a dog can lose all pups past one that died inside her and or when she has a big pup that was suck for to long inside her eg some bitches will have a few pups then stop labouring for a while as she attends to her other pups and to long a time between births is a reason why people lose pups.
if she stops labouring and its about an hour since last pup max id ring the vets to have them tell u what to do.
on the other hand my bitch had her first litter of 10 pups and took her 11 hours her last litter yesterday of 12 pups too her 9 hrs

]]> By: andrea http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-67507 andrea Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:00:59 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-67507 hi i breed bulldogs and my bitch gave birth to her 3rd litter yesterday and boy were we in for a suprise. she had 12 puppies and yeah i no averge for bulldogs is 11. but her first litter she had 10 one still born and one failed to thrive and died 2 days later. second litter she had 8 live and one the runt died a week later. the mother has 10 teats all full of milk but with 2 more pups what can i be doing to make sure they all are feeding enough. i dont think she will be to keen on me halving the pups into 6 each and sticking them on in shifts which i thought about but would like to no if i did this how many feeds aday do each pups need has anyone done this that has some good advice as i dont want to lose any of them. and i have started to write up a chart to weigh each of them and had to go buy some textas so i can mark each pup because there all just spots and white and there is no way i can chart each of them and remeber other wises. im a 24 hr aday at home mother so i am with them the whole time infact there in my room next to me computer where i am at all day and nite i watch things on my computer so the kids are in the loungeroom watching the tv or playing there computer games there. im a light as sleeper so i was up at every whimper of a sound of any of the pups and they are now all still alive 24 hours later. please any help email me andrea69au@yahoo.com hi i breed bulldogs and my bitch gave birth to her 3rd litter yesterday and boy were we in for a suprise.
she had 12 puppies and yeah i no averge for bulldogs is 11.
but her first litter she had 10 one still born and one failed to thrive and died 2 days later.
second litter she had 8 live and one the runt died a week later.
the mother has 10 teats all full of milk but with 2 more pups what can i be doing to make sure they all are feeding enough.
i dont think she will be to keen on me halving the pups into 6 each and sticking them on in shifts which i thought about but would like to no if i did this how many feeds aday do each pups need has anyone done this that has some good advice as i dont want to lose any of them.
and i have started to write up a chart to weigh each of them and had to go buy some textas so i can mark each pup because there all just spots and white and there is no way i can chart each of them and remeber other wises.
im a 24 hr aday at home mother so i am with them the whole time infact there in my room next to me computer where i am at all day and nite i watch things on my computer so the kids are in the loungeroom watching the tv or playing there computer games there.
im a light as sleeper so i was up at every whimper of a sound of any of the pups and they are now all still alive 24 hours later.
please any help email me andrea69au@yahoo.com

]]> By: crystal http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/comment-page-2/#comment-66955 crystal Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:58:33 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/breeding-small-dogs/physical-and-behavior-development-newborn-puppies/#comment-66955 Hi i just got a 13 day old italian mastiff cane corso she was with her mother for 11 days now i been bottle feeding her puppy formula is it normal for her poop to be a mustard color with like little seeds? Hi i just got a 13 day old italian mastiff cane corso she was with her mother for 11 days now i been bottle feeding her puppy formula is it normal for her poop to be a mustard color with like little seeds?

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