Whelping Puppies, Puppies 6 weeks old

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Whelping Puppies
Week 6

At 6 weeks, the pups have now fully developed their full vision and hearing, but are still too young to respond to a name. They are ready to investigate anything. They should be starting to wean or nearly weaned. Putting a weaning bra on the Dam, promotes her to spend more time with the puppies, and they are unable to nurse. some Dams want to spend more time with the pups, but they cannot.

By putting a snap up shirt on the Dam, she will spend more time playing with the puppies. You do not want them constantly trying to nurse at this age, stimulating milk production. The shirt is an easy way to stop the puppies from nursing, and works well. These shirts come in a variety of sizes from the children's department store.

The puppies are getting free time to run around the 20' x 20' kitchen, and play with the other dogs.

and meet the cat.

Their world is gradually getting larger... A little at at time, so as not to overwhelm them.

This is the age they start to love to explore new things.

Pup # 1

Pup # 2

Pup # 3

Pup # 4

Pup # 5

Courtesy of MistyTrails Havanese

So you want to breed

Pros and Cons of Inbreeding

To Breed or Not To Breed?

Reproduction: (The Heat Cycle) - Signs of Heat

Breeding - Tie

Dog Pregnancy Calendar

Pregnancy Guide PRE-Natal Care

First and Second Stage of Labor

Third Stage of Labor

Sometimes things do not go as planned

Dam Almost Dies on Day 6

Water (Walrus) Puppies

C-Sections

Whelping Puppies - C-section Pictures

Dam Day 62

PostPartum

Birth to 3 weeks

Pups 3 Weeks - time to start potty training

Whelping Large Breed Dogs

Mastitis in Dogs

Why are Toy breeds are harder to train?

Crate Training

Showing, Genetics and Breeding

Saving a Puppy

Whelping Stories - Three Puppies Born

Whelping - All puppies do not always survive

Whelping Puppies - A Midwoof Call

Whelping a Full Term Preemie

C-Section due to Uterine Inertia

SubQ hydrating a puppy

Whelping a Singleton

Premature Litter

A Premature Puppy

Pregnant Dam Absorbing Fetus

Whelping and Working

Whelping a messy litter of pups

Whelping Puppies Picture Pages

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Although this section is based on a whelping of an English Mastiff, it also contains good general whelping information in large breed dogs. You can find more whelping information in the links above. The links below tell a story about Sassy, an English Mastiff. Sassy has a wonderful temperament. She loves humans and Adores human children. An all around mild mannered, wonderful Mastiff. Sassy however is not the best mother towards her puppies, she is not rejecting them, she will nurse them when a human places them on her to feed, however she will not clean the pups or pay any attention to them. It is as if, they are not her puppies. This litter is getting moms milk, with major human interaction, manually giving each and every pup what they need. In return, the pups will be super socialized and will make remarkable pets, however the work involved is astounding. It takes one dedicated breeder to keep this situation healthy. Thankfully this litter has just that, a dedicated breeder. Read the links below to get the full story. There is a wealth of info that everyone can appreciate and benefit from.

C-Section in a Large Breed Dog

Newborn Puppies... What you need

Whelping Mastiff Puppies One to Three Days Old

Things do not always go as planned (imperforate anus)

Orphaned Litter (not the plan)

10 Days Old Plus ++

3 Week Old Puppies

Puppies 3 Weeks - time to start potty training

Puppies 4 weeks old

Puppies 5 weeks old

Puppies 6 weeks old

Puppies 7 weeks old