Hi, i have a 2 year old bitch who had puppies in feb. One of the puppies has been returned to us and we have decided to keep her - she is 12 weeks old now. The problem that i have is that both mum and pup just won't leave each other alone. They are either playing together, sleeping or eating and while they obviously love each other deeply, i just need some ideas as to what to do to get them to calm down a little. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

cant see what your problem is? I would be more worried if they hated each other!

You could seperate them for short periods if you want them not to play , if you want to do some training with the puppy put Mum in another room.

R~

If you had puppies in Feb did you keep one anyway as they could they play together to give mum a rest ?

No didnt keep any other puppies from the litter. This puppy has been returned because the lady who bought her couldnt cope with her. The pup was behaving normally when she left me, the lady bought pup and her brother. She returned her after 3 weeks and brought this totally wired puppy back (nothing like when she left me). Thought it was down to the food she was feeding her (bakers) but since put her back on Royal cannin and shes still the same - dont know where she gets her energy from she hardly ever rests during the day. Mum dosent mind at all she loves all the playing as much as pup but its getting to the point where we cant even have a conversation cause of all the racket. Decided to send mum on a short holiday to my mums to see if that calms puppy down a little.

Forgive me if I have got this wrong - but did you let two puppies go together to the same home?

Yes i sold 2 puppies to the same lady.

I thought you said in a previous post when you were going through problems with the pups that the only reason you had a litter was because you wanted to keep one ?

That was the original plan, mum had 5 pups i chose mine and all the others were also reserved before they were born. One then had to be put to sleep at 2 weeks because of a deformed rib cage, so in order not to let anyone down, i let the people have the pup that i was going to keep.

That still wouldn't explain why one person had two puppies. If you had the litter because you wanted a puppy, you'd have kept one reserved for you, before anyone else had a look in.

The one that took two would not have been disappointed to only get one.

>The one that took two would not have been disappointed to only get one.

As it turns out, she'd have been much happier to have only one.

As it turns out, she'd have been much happier to have only one.

Isn't that exactly what experienced breeders recommend on here day after day? :)

To be honest, i'm not an experienced breeder and this was my first litter. If i'd have known that it would have been a problem, would never have sent 2 pups to the same home.

I would get her back rather then send her away and start to intervene and get the pup or the mum to have time out.  You can then do some training with the pup on a one to one basis so it gets the stimulation to focus it's energy on something else.

I think as soon as mum returns they will both be so overwhelmed to be with each other again that they will just go back to being how they were...maybe even louder and more excited, get mum back asap and work with them seperatly at small intervals.