Is it normal for a female dog to eat another female dogs puppies?

Answer 1

YES YES!!! if the one that is doing the eating is also able to have pups. the reason it would eat them would be that she thinks she is the dominate one of the two....and in a pack only the dominate female and mail have and raise the pups. if you want the pups to be safe keep them apart...also the mom will get upset and might start eating them to..so keep an eye out for that..

Answer 2

So sorry about the loss of the poor little puppy. Your sister is ignorant; but ignorance by itself is not the worst thing; the worst thing is refusing to learn. Since you took the initiative and came here to ask questions; I hope your sister and her dogs will benefit from the knowledge you have gained. Pregnant b*tches and b*tches can be adversely affected by stress. The degree to which they are affected really depends on the individual dog and the circumstances. You want to try to keep a b*tch with newborn and growing puppies as free of stress as possible. Don't send the pregnant b*tch away to whelp, unless you do it extremely early in the pregnancy and it's to an environment and people who she already knows. Don't move the b*tch who has recently given birth to another location (except to the vet for a checkup). Keep all other dogs away from her and (most especially!) the puppies; mother & puppies should be in a separate room. What I think distresses most of the people reading your question is that your sister allowed a b*tch she knew was aggressive to puppies to come into contact with this new litter. I recommend watching the mother and her puppies as often as possible for at least a few weeks. The mother might be stressed and nervous after the other dog attacked her litter and killed/ate one; and the mother might, in reaction to that stress, turn on her own puppies, reverting to the mindset of a wild creature who believes that her situation is unsafe. Hopefully, she won't; but in your sister's place, if the dog still trusts her, I would be sitting quietly in the puppy nursery room for hours on end, not touching the puppies (sitting as far away from them as possible), just occasionally giving the mother a treat and being watchful. However; there is a risk that constant proximity of a human so near her babies might also stress this poor dog. Many who take the breeding of dogs seriously have breeding mentors, people who have bred more than one litter of dogs (doing so to improve the breed, rather than accidentally) and have read up on the subject as well, who they can call or email to get good advice about a variety of situations that can occur during whelping/puppy-raising. I would have felt lost without my breeding mentors when I had my one litter; despite having read three books about canine pregnancy and whelping. I hope your sister will consider having her female dogs spayed after this litter is weaned (if the other two aren't spayed already). Good luck to the dogs, puppies and your sister.

Answer 3

Another female dog may grow jealous of the other mothers litter, and be hateful to the litter since it is not hers. This does happen. The best way to avoid this, is to not allow other dogs near the litter until they are old enough to interact with other dogs. And always introduce pups to older dogs, do not just think all will be fine.

Answer 4

I wouldn't say it was "normal", but I'm sure it has happened. If there is an alpha female, and a younger or smaller female has had pups, there is a possibility the alpha could kill the other females pups.

Domestic or not....they are still animals!

Answer 5

Never heard of it before and I have worked with 4 vets. They will sometimes eat thier own ouppies but never another dogs and never a female

Answer 6

I have heard of tom cats eating their kittens. But never of a dog to eat her puppies. I would get the dog checked if I were you.

Answer 7

Well a female with puppies should be kept apart from other dogs for many weeks, so it SHOULD NOT HAPPEN!!!!!!

Answer 8

I think that it is only normal for animals to eat their (or other) young when the young is very weak and the mama thought that it couldn't survive on its own.
I would imagine that the mama pup would keep any others away from her young...

Answer 9

No. Domesticated canines do not eat another's puppies.

Answer 10

Where was the mom?? She usually protects the babies.