Hi everyone
I had  a litter of puppies in May and kept a little bitch, the mother and father are both mine, my problem is that my dog will not accept the puppy. Some times he will play with her but then he just suddenly turns and goes for her, consequently we can not trust him with her and i am having to keep them in seperate rooms which is not ideal. Any suggestions on how to get them together.
Thanks Irene

put a stare gate between the door way so he can see her and smell her,

not behind close doors.

I already have a baby gate between the doors.  Sometimes he sits at the gate and cries to play with her and other times he really attacks the gate growling at her.

Time

I've seen this quite often the dad is lovely with very young pups, very tolerant, playful and by all respects what we would call a good dad,  but as the young bitch gets older he starts to show his authority especially if the young bitch tries to get to food, toys, bones at the same time.  There is usually a lot of growls and what look like attacks, but infact no real contact ever really takes place.

In effect he is keeping her in her pecking order, if he doesn't mum, head bitch will and that you don't want.

When your young bitch is approx 2 years they should then become much more settled with one another, expect the odd fracas inbetween, this doesn't happen all the time it depends on characters and personalities of a dog and bitch, in your case it will settle with time, just keep an eye on things and tell your male to back down if he becomes overly bossy with her, or even vice versa in time.

IME you should not need to seperate them really, just be vigilant at feeding times, when bones are shared, when leads are brought out, anything where the male feels he needs to put the young bitch in pecking order.

Obviously if blood is drawn then a different approach is needed but I doubt very much that would ever happen, the noises I agree can be a little scary but that is all it is, when it comes to dogs and bitches it does all sort out in the end.  Try not to worry too much you don't need to think about re-homing.  :-)

I  have a young bitch born in May too. I also have a 5 year old male (not her father) He hated her being near him for a while so I just put up a cage and threatened to put him in it ;) Sometimes they need space of their own. It has taken time (already mentioned) and some good telling offs (him telling her, not me telling them ;) ) before she has learnt to respect him. They now lie together and play together. She will go to his bowl and he will growl quietly and she will back off. Not once has he drawn blood, but he has turned her onto her back a few times. He has also pinned her down with one foot, daring her to try again.

Pups have to learn the boundaries and it's better she learns now, than have an almighty fight ending up at the vets in future because you intervened too much, too soon. Keep an eye on them and separate them if you can't supervise.

Edited to add: I also have the pups mum and she watches closely but doesn't interfere :D