Le her mother them. Sweet Nellie. :) Jo Ann
> I have never had this happen before but I have a litter that belongs to my > neice that I am caring for and sent the mother home with 7 week old puppies > since she did not really want anything much to do with them anymore. My > sister-in-law and I decided that my Daphne, who has been bred twice and has > not taken wants so much to have puppies that we would let her adopt them. > This idea originated because my neice's dog had puppies 2 years ago and > Daphne used to climb into the whelping box and lay down with that litter and > sleep there. > Well, we sent Taylor home on Saturday and when I woke up at 5 in the morning > (when my husband went to the bathroom) and Nellie was not on my head. I > asked my husband if he had seen her and he said he had not. I didn't want to > wake everyone else up so I searched the house and did not find her. Slightly > concerned I called her and she came, though I had no idea where she had been > though I did notice a large knot in her ear. The next morning she > disappeared again and this time I called and did find her inside the whelping > box (now being used as a playpen) and inside the small crate I keep inside > for the babies to crawl into. I took her out, aware of the fact that she had > to jump over a 2 foot high side to get in. Later in the day I caught her > there again and saw lots of knots in her ears so knew I had to keep her away > from them so I put a 3 foot high ex-pen around the box. Needless to say she > jumped that as well. I had to lock her out of my kitchen/sunroom area where > we all hang out. The next morning, not thinking about it I let everyone > outside and I saw Nellie standing still with 4 puppies seeming to be nursing > from her. I called her in an checked. The minute I touched her nipples the > milk came running out...didn't even have to squeeze. It has been a battle > ever since. When I let the puppies run around the kitchen I put Nellie in > the dining room. If I pick up a puppy she does not take her eyes off me and > follows me as much as a mother with newborns (by the time they are a few > weeks old I find the mothers don't obsess about them anymore.) Even without > being near them for over a day now she still has milk. I am afraid she is > going to blow her coat. For those who don't know, Nellie is over 8 years > old. She has never done this before. > Any ideas or suggestions? Can this throw her hormones off? > Phyllis > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
