Well, in a way. Long story short. I took in a GSD pure breed to see if she would fit our family and she didn’t but previous owner didn’t want her back but told me to keep in touch and to let them know who she is going to next. I was in the process of have her adopted or taken by the local rescue shelter who I was taking her to tomorrow.
Oh surprise, she was so uncomfortable tonight in her kennel, she kept wanting to go out and dig around in hidden places around the back yard. Eventually she went quiet around 3 am. I woke up at 5:30 am to a lot of whining. I woke up paranoid thinking that in the 10 times I left her out of the house maybe I forgot her and she was whining to come inside since it is cold, so I ran downstairs and the whining was coming from her kennel and I thought maybe she was having a night made so I got a small flashlight and to my surprise there is a puppy and she was cleaning another.
I don’t know what to do but I have the feeling she was used for breeding as she knows exactly what to do. But do I get a bigger kennel? Do I just get an enclosure and put her there? Do I not want to touch her puppies so she doesn’t reject them? Is it too tight in a kennel for her to squish them by accident? Do I call an emergency vet?
I have had cat litters in the past and they are super easy to take care of and the mom does 90% of the work until they are ready to be given away but dogs? I read in one of the posts that you have to weight them three times a day to make sure they are eating?
One of the big questions is, does the previous owner do this knowing it was going to take them and will want me to give them the puppies so they can sell them? Is that a real trick or just an accident?
Oh surprise, she was so uncomfortable tonight in her kennel, she kept wanting to go out and dig around in hidden places around the back yard. Eventually she went quiet around 3 am. I woke up at 5:30 am to a lot of whining. I woke up paranoid thinking that in the 10 times I left her out of the house maybe I forgot her and she was whining to come inside since it is cold, so I ran downstairs and the whining was coming from her kennel and I thought maybe she was having a night made so I got a small flashlight and to my surprise there is a puppy and she was cleaning another.
I don’t know what to do but I have the feeling she was used for breeding as she knows exactly what to do. But do I get a bigger kennel? Do I just get an enclosure and put her there? Do I not want to touch her puppies so she doesn’t reject them? Is it too tight in a kennel for her to squish them by accident? Do I call an emergency vet?
I have had cat litters in the past and they are super easy to take care of and the mom does 90% of the work until they are ready to be given away but dogs? I read in one of the posts that you have to weight them three times a day to make sure they are eating?
One of the big questions is, does the previous owner do this knowing it was going to take them and will want me to give them the puppies so they can sell them? Is that a real trick or just an accident?