How can I help my dog adjust to foster pup?

Question

I'm fostering a one week old, orphaned, singleton pup from my work. My dogs usually do fine with fosters, but this pup is really bringing out the maternal instincts in my greyhound. She sits outside the door to the room and won't leave. She paws at the door, lays in front guarding it, she was even whining at it this morning. The times I've had to bring the pup (in it's carrier) into the rest of the house she has not left the carrier's side. I can tell she's had quite a few litters before we adopted and spayed her from looking at her mammary glands. Any ideas on ways to distract her?

Sorry I forgot to mention that my work does not want fosters and owned pets together because she is too young to test medically (safety issues for owned animals) and she still belongs to the people we took her from until the judge decides otherwise (legal issues). So unfortunately I can't let her help with the pup. I've done fosters before so as long as so is okay medically she is well taken care of.

Answer 1

And this is a bad thing? You are looking at a surrogate mom here, even without the plumping, she is trying to help you with the baby you have. What would you do if some furry person had ahuman baby?
Same with her, she is more than curious of this pup and wants to be Mama. i had a German Shepherd as a child that stole other peoples Pups and raised them, they can still make milk too.
My Rottie- Pit Mix is the same with Kittens and took them as her own when Mom cat only fed them then ran, I would intoduce her slowly to this pup to see how she responses outside if the carrier and if it is only to give the pup a god cleaning and cmfort allow her too.
This is not a bad thing this is a good thing.

Answer 2

one week old?.... then she knows there's something missing in the pups care and is trying to tell you...like the puppy needing an evactuation licking.... .. why won't you let them be together?....