she wont even let me in the kitchen without growling she lets my oh in and lets him touch the pups but wont let me near

she was ok with me picking them up for about 6 hours when they were born but i took one in the living room away from her for about 2 minutes as i wasworried he wasnt breathing. does anyone think this was a mistake. its ever since that she has been like this with me

im craigss girlfriend gemma im using his account on ere

Did the aggression start once you had taken the pup away? I would think she is now very insecure with you around them in case you take another away.
I would take things slowly, dont put her in a position where she feels the need to show aggression/warn you away. This will only stress her out.
Is she aggressive when she is away from the pups (she wont be away from them for long at this stage anyway)?

All you can do is build up her trust again, you can do this by not putting her under pressure to accept you, maybe you could make up her food (let her see you do so) but with craig actually giving it to her (so as not to stress her by getting too close to the pups)

Work out a distance that she is comfortable for you to be at and maybe sit there, acting normally, this will help her to see you are not a threat.

Please do be careful not to approach the pups if she is not happy, as this may reinforce to her that you are not to be trusted. Things will hopefully settle anyway once her hormones have calmed a little and the pups are a little older.

i will try this thanks for your advice ill let you no how i get on thanks again

yes the aggression started when i put the puppie back in the whelping box with her thats when she started growling and showing her teeth. she has never been like this to me its very upsetting. hopefully she will be able to trust me again soon

she was ok with me picking them up for about 6 hours when they were born but i took one in the living room away from her for about 2 minutes

Apart from a check over and weight check when first born and perhaps a nudge to the teat I really do not handle the pups that much when first born, the dam needs to be cleaning and settling in with them, and left in peace.  I constantly watch and stay in the same room, but I don't keep picking them up. I think perhaps you've been touching them too much and been in her face and then to take one away for 2 mins, no wonder she has become unsettled, some dams are extremely possessive of their pups and they don't want anyone there who doesn't need to be.

Do you actually live in the house too? If you don't this may also be why she does not fully trust you and only Craig.

I would do absolutely nothing to upset her or stress her out, if she is not happy with you being there, then stay away, I know that may sound hard but you have to go along with what she wants, not what you want.

When the pups get to two weeks she'll probably relax a little as long as she does not feel you are trying to take them away, or a threat to her pups.

Will Craig be the one to worm the pups at 2 weeks? If so along with bed changes do everything in front of the dam and let Craig do everything for now. Look but don't touch for a while. :-)

yes i live in the house im just going to stay away now shes a good mum thanks for the advice

Gemma, I have to admit that if you had picked up pups of mine at that age, you would have been out of my house so fast, your feet wouldn't have touched the ground!  And to have taken them out of the room!  I'm gobsmacked. 

However, it's obvious that you don't have much canine knowledge (but, hopefully, your OH does!)  Just a word of warning that nobody has pointed out.  Bitches have been known to kill their pups when feeling threatened.  And she is obviously feeling threatened.  I hope that your other half knows that she needs a den like home, whereby nobody is actually looking at her pups.  If not, get her some privacy ASAP.

You just have to be a bit more mindful of your bitches feelings that's all, as we have a deep chested breed me and my sister had to clear a few airways but rather then taking the pups out of the room we did it right in front of the bitch, I understand you were probably under a bit of pressure when having to get the pup airways cleared and didn't think about what you were doing. The mistake has been made just set yourself up right beside the whelping box so everything has to be within reaching distance. The whole not letting you touching could potentially be a problem and is something you have to work on hopefully the bitch is OK with your otherhalf.