Mother acting weird after having her puppies?

Question

She keeps throwing them around, she's very rough and when they cry she cries,its like shes panicing, Help Please shes scaring me, i dont want her to hurt them

Answer 1

Does she need to go out and potty or do her business? She's probably just hungry and tired.
Has she eaten recently?
Do you bring her food while she's nursing? Like Milk and water and dog food? If she's really hurting them, take her to the vet tomorrow and ask vet. Maybe he can give her some vitamins, or help boost her hormone levels to help her through this rough patch.
Go and pet her when she cries and tell her it's alright. Be very calm and smooth. If you get excited, so will she.
Help her with the puppies. Pet them when they cry and move them around on her teets. If she gets rough say: No, (name). Stop." firmly but not yelling or angry. You may have to let her out more so she can get away from them some or call her into your room and pet her. She sounds like she's in need, not dangerous.
But you never know for sure. So watch her. If she does something really wrong to the puppies, take her to your vet and tell him immediately!
Hope things get better.

Answer 2

She needs a very safe place to put her pups so she doesn't feel they are in danger, give her somewhere out of the normal traffic of the house in another room and don't let anyone go near her or the pups for a while. If that doesn't work, and dependant on her age and breed, she may not be stable or mature enough if it's her first heat and pregnancy to be a good mom and she is torn between the puppy side of her wanting to play with them and the mom side, crying each time she hurts one. This could give her a nervous breakdown and she might kill them. If getting them all in a safe quiet place doesn't calm her, then you are going to have to separate her from them and hand raise them yourself. Get her to a vet soon if she doesn't calm down and start mothering them. They can help her and show you how to feed and care for them properly. Try helping to teach her if she is young. Hold each one up and try to get her to lick their privates and stimulate them to go to the bathroom, that is part of her job, try to hold them to her and get her to lick and groom them. If she isn't interested you will know quickly enough then get her away from them. Good luck I hope she and the pups turn out okay.

Answer 3

Okay, don't you panic because she is counting on you and if you fall apart she will pick up on it. In the first place, her little bod just went through a tremendous shock and are you sure she had all the pups? Did you have her x-rayed to know how many pups to watch for? She may need to be looked over by the vet.

Depending on how many pups she's had, she may be over stressed at this mom stuff and getting them all hooked-up to eat and all that goes with it. With our hounds we sat up for three day's straight watching, helping when they run into problems and helping them get hooked up. We made sure mommy had time out, lots of water, good nutritional food (even some extra treats that would help strengthen her)....be sure she gets a lot of praise and love, because she needs your encouragement that you are there for her and still love her as much as these new little creatures that have come into your family. Be prepared to help her feed the pups, canned GOAT MILK is your friend! You can blend goat milk with equal parts of nice warm water and eye drop it to the babies that are struggling. Be sure you don't mess up what she is trying to do, but you can tell the ones who need a little extra. You can purchase canned goat milk in the cooking section of your grocery store, they use it for children that are lactose intollerent.

Make sure mom gets out of the box and you hold and pet her and give her a rest. Now, is the room set up with a heat lamp that is on some of the time when the temperature drops? This will help a lot, be sure not to leave it too warm, but turn in on when you can tell their is a chill.

All in all, its a new world to your dog and she needs you to be her hero. Be assured you aren't going to blow it if you go by common sense and your heart.

Enjoy the blessing and privilege that your dog has allowed you into her life and this special time.

Answer 4

this is a tricky problem if its her first litter a lot can go wrong my best suggestion is to treat her like a lady to as much as u can go to a vet find out what is the best pup formula and take on something of the feed resolvability and watch her when she is feed them it is so easy for her to smoother her pups doing feeding and have the pups check out when the mother is comfortable with u taken them from her side she can pick up the scent of an unhealthy pup and will kill it in order to protect the others

Answer 5

Give her the product, Calm Down' from most pet supplies, or Chamomile tea, to calm her down. Her hormones are out of whack, and may settle down in 3 days or so..
Dump the chamomile out of the bag, and mix it with a little canned dog food or other soft meat..1 teaspoon for a small breed, up to one tablespoon for a large breed..she should settle down in a few minutes..It can be given as needed..If it isn't strong enough, your vet can presribe a mild sedative..

Answer 6

She would not choose cheering up! a youthful domestic dog that isn't ingesting and vomiting needs the vet. stumble on a vet and get her there or re-homestead this canine to somebody who delivers vet care - something a canine needs in the time of its lifetime.

Answer 7

Did she just whelp them? Have you helped to clean / dry them off and tried to get them to eat? If she is just moving them around and stimulating them, she's fine, if she is rough and aggressive, perhaps you bred her when she is far too young?!?

Answer 8

it means she's a bad mother! she doesn't want the puppies...ok this is wat u have to do:

-take the puppies out and keep them away from their mother....
-go to the vet and get some puppy formula--ur gonna have to start being the mom....
-the vet shud be able to take u from there, but for these first few weeks while the puppies are growing u'll have to fill the mother role

Answer 9

sounds like to me she isn't excepting them, is she doing this to all of them? if so then she will most likely kill them all, if she is only doing it to one of them, then that one is not healthy and her reaction to it is to dispose of it so not to infect the others.

Answer 10

As long as she doesnt eat them its ok.