We had a stray adopt us back in October... she had a scar on her belly so we thought she was fixed. Nope, she wasn't fixed :x .
Fast forward to puppies born on Easter! Little mama (a feist/jack russel mix, the best we can tell) had 7 pups! They are about 8 weeks old now. Had their first set of shots at 6 weeks. We have sent 3 off to their new homes, 1 will go when they move into a new apt, 1 currently unspoken for (the first people that were interested fell through), and we planned on keeping two. The two we picked out ended up being the calmest of the bunch - 2 of the 3 females. They played well together, everything was fine. Yesterday they ended up fighting... not at all playing. Blood was drawn, injuries sustained. We're not sure what to do. We think something might be wrong with one of them (Scout). All the others, including the mama, keep smelling her rear end. The 8 week old male even started humping her! At one point the mama dog was all over her, standing over top of her, pushing her around. I don't know if hormones are changing for her already?? If she's sick and they can sense it? On top of it all, my oldest's pup (Star) has a hurt leg now and isn't putting any weight on it (injured in the fight yesterday - very swollen joint. She'll let me move it a little, but definitely has pain). He (my son) is the one mentioned in another thread about how it seems to always be his animals we have issues with and lose - his sadness today is breaking my mama heart
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We have tried researching and have since learned that raising sibling pups isn't always a great idea. We are planning on getting different pens set up this weekend to get everyone separated out in hopes that might calm things down (we do have the one in a separate area). Still doesn't answer our questions about the one pup though. Why is she the target for all the others? We thought she was dying last night - it was almost like she had something stuck in her throat. She was eating just fine, then started whimpering and pawing at her face. We picked her up and brought her inside where she went kind of limp in our arms and was acting really weird. I know during the fight the other pup had a pretty good grip on her face so maybe it was sore/swollen and I just couldn't see it?
Any ideas??
__________ Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:15 am __________
And now the one (Scout) has liquid poop... crud
Fast forward to puppies born on Easter! Little mama (a feist/jack russel mix, the best we can tell) had 7 pups! They are about 8 weeks old now. Had their first set of shots at 6 weeks. We have sent 3 off to their new homes, 1 will go when they move into a new apt, 1 currently unspoken for (the first people that were interested fell through), and we planned on keeping two. The two we picked out ended up being the calmest of the bunch - 2 of the 3 females. They played well together, everything was fine. Yesterday they ended up fighting... not at all playing. Blood was drawn, injuries sustained. We're not sure what to do. We think something might be wrong with one of them (Scout). All the others, including the mama, keep smelling her rear end. The 8 week old male even started humping her! At one point the mama dog was all over her, standing over top of her, pushing her around. I don't know if hormones are changing for her already?? If she's sick and they can sense it? On top of it all, my oldest's pup (Star) has a hurt leg now and isn't putting any weight on it (injured in the fight yesterday - very swollen joint. She'll let me move it a little, but definitely has pain). He (my son) is the one mentioned in another thread about how it seems to always be his animals we have issues with and lose - his sadness today is breaking my mama heart
.We have tried researching and have since learned that raising sibling pups isn't always a great idea. We are planning on getting different pens set up this weekend to get everyone separated out in hopes that might calm things down (we do have the one in a separate area). Still doesn't answer our questions about the one pup though. Why is she the target for all the others? We thought she was dying last night - it was almost like she had something stuck in her throat. She was eating just fine, then started whimpering and pawing at her face. We picked her up and brought her inside where she went kind of limp in our arms and was acting really weird. I know during the fight the other pup had a pretty good grip on her face so maybe it was sore/swollen and I just couldn't see it?
Any ideas??
__________ Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:15 am __________
And now the one (Scout) has liquid poop... crud
