ok please dont have a go at me but i need some help with my dog she is 13 months old and is just coming into her second season ,this is not the problem
the problem is i am hand rearing two puppies for a friend ( as i'm home 24/7 and have everything here the puppies need)
the puppies are doing fine and putting on weight nicely and are feeding well,
problem is my dog has taken a dislike to only one of the puppies, myself and OH feed then and we do not push our she out of it , she only get funny when this certian pup is being fed

any ideas on wot i can do to stop this?

the reason i am hean rearing the pups is coz the mum kills 7 of her litter and  the owner wanted to give these two a chance but could not do it himself at this moment in time:rolleyes:

Well done for giving them a chance!

Im not an expert but wonder if something could be wrong with one of the pups? I dont know if its fact or fiction but I have heard lots of people saying that sometimes Mums kill their pups and owners say that they suspect that its beacuse Mum instinctively knows that something is wrong with them.

Like I say I am no expert and im sure someone on here will correct me if I am wrong!!

I would say that all you can do is keep them apart.

Sorry not much help but good luck x

the mum is not here but somewhere else :rolleyes: and its was the bigger pups she killed by laying on them i just wanted to help out and give these two bit of a chance.

oh before i forget  :rolleyes: the pups are somewhere out of reach of my dog , she only gets to see them when they are feeding

Sorry, I wasnt clear, I meant that maybe as yours is in season she is feeling like mum and sensed something wrong. Im sure its not that but just a thought.

Im sure you are doing a great job and the pups will appreciate it!

mums can kill their pups for many reasons such as if they are ill, bad temprement in the mother, and because she is trying to protect them from strangers or her own family if she sat on them i would say that was it. do you always feed this puppy second because maybe you girl thinks its taking to long and doesnt want to wait for your attention so by the time you get to the second pups she has had enough of waiting. If she isnt accepting these pups i wouldnt have her near them until they are a little older and then slowely introduce them when they are older.

Also does this puppy growl alot some puppies are born natural growlers and this could be whats upsetting your girl

I wouldn't have an adult dog anywhere near the pups until they are fully weaned unless she is obviously maternal towards them - and yours clearly isn't.

she is never left along in the same room and the puppies , also they are fed between me and my OH and she is praised for "being a good girl" while she watches , the puppies only cry when they are being cleaned to "pee and poo" and my girl will wine with them as we tell her "you tell em baby to wait a min" ( silly i know but the only way to make her not feel left out), if she heards them wine shes comes looking for me or my OH to come to the puppies .

just thought i'd give you an update on the puppies :rolleyes:
their now 9 days old and putting on weight ones built like a tank (lol) and the other one is cauching up with him (their both boys)

my girl is now great with them , she watches them when feeding , and they are still not left where she can get to them , she comes and gets me or my OH when they are wineing.

ok another update on the puppies  (two old time american bulldogs) i'm hand rearing :rolleyes:

their now 14 days old and putting on weight nicely both have been checked out by the vet and have been given the all clear so to speak:rolleyes:

feeding every 2/3 hour during the day and sleeping all night (well sleeping for 6 hours:rolleyes:)

sorry to say they have been nicknamed "fatboy" and "lil man"

just to let you know , one of the pups has gone back to his mum :rolleyes:
he is being watched very carefully so mum dont sit on him
"fatboy" tho is still with me , putting on weight and doing fine

my gilr is great with him and has to watched as she wants to play with him all the time . i'll try and post a new pic of fatboy soon

:rolleyes: yes another update on "fayboy" hez now 7 weeks old on monday lol and weights 11lb 2oz ( this weight was from wednesday ) and doing find

he is off the bottle for two weeks now and loves hez puppy food better he has dry puppy mix and some tinned puppy food:rolleyes: also he is now paper trained which surprised me lol

he had his first jab on the 27th of feb

Aaaaaaaaw send lil fat boy over here :) I'll love him and cuddle him and call him my boy :D LOL don't think Junior would take too kindly to him tho :(

He's very cute :) Are you keeping him?

Ickle Fat Boy is just adorable!! Well done for giving him your time and love! Will he be staying with you for good? He looks absolutely adorable, don't think I could part with him if he were mine!
Karen

yes fatboy is here to stay :rolleyes:i cant give him up now

tess has taken to him just fine , they get on and she puts him in his place :rolleyes:
did have a little trouble if he want near her food she would growl and snap at him but once she figured out that if he went near her food she could sneak in and nick his lol:rolleyes: guess you can say she still thinks puppy food is better then hers lol

ok another update on max aka "fatboy"  he has his frist jab today and took it all in his stride lol
still putting on weight nicely :rolleyes: and now thinks he can take on my girl tess :rolleyes:
now TRYS and to hide under the sofa (got to big now but can still squeeze under it ) to attack tess as she walks by lol (getting his own back for the times she hide behind the chair to jump out at him )

as you can see by the new pic both dogs get on find yes they have their moments thats when i shut myself in the kitchen behind the dog gate lol

guess wot !!!!!! yes another update lol

max (aka fatboy) is now 14 weeks and is doing great :rolleyes: hes in training now and does MOST of hes toilets in the garden but we still have little mistakes and he knows when hes done wrong lol at the moment i'm trying to teach him if i got out i'm coming back :rolleyes: he sticks to me like glue and OH hates it  lol ( well max is HIS dog not mine  lol)
i'll get a new pic of him soon and post it 

tess had her second season and is going in to be spaded soon, max was brillant with her and shes as good as gold with him

well done sounds like you have done a brilliant job hand rearing the pups ;) hard work isent it :)

ok another update :rolleyes: max (aka fat boy) is now 5 months old and clean (fingers crossed) hez now a whooping 23.10kg vet said he was fine and couldnt believe it was the same pup he saw when max was 11 days old ....... new pic soon

  he brother as of yet has not been found

I have just read your posts about Max,well done for raising him from a teeny pup.

My query is about your comment about his brother,I thought his brother had gone back to be with his mum???

his brother was taken back to his mum but he was stolen a few months ago and as of yet has not been found

That is awful you must be heart broken after bringing him so far. I hope your friend gets him back.

My Mum was reading me a story from a Sunday paper earlier about a springer/cocker cross which had been stolen whilst out on a walk 5 months ago in Edinburgh and was found walking the street recently and returned to her. Someone had removed the distict white hairs from his tail which she had been mentioning in all the flyers. He was over weight and his pads were soft so he hadn't been exercised much or been walking the streets for long.

new update max's brother was found last week , safe and heathly

someone had bought him and only had him for 2 weeks and took him to the vet for a check up and the vet found his chip and  thats how he was gotten back
we still dont know where he was for the other 8 weeks he was missing , but just glad hez ok

Wow, fantastic news! I'm so glad he's home and safe.