bitch gone nutty!

[pigeonman 8]

my bitch had her pups 2 days ago, the first of the two pups needed help to start breathing so i rubbe it until it was ok, the second came out fine. the bitch wouldnt allow the first to feed for a while then gradually allowed him back to feed. After a few hours i could hear her snarling at the pups, it gradually got worse until she shook one of em for going near her face, i took the pups away and rang the vet, he said try one more time and if she wont accept em just take em away, which ive ad to do. the trouble is now the bitch goes has been going hysterical since ive taken the pups away, iv had to put her in my large dog cage as she went for my 2 year old son! ive tried showing her the pups this mornin and she went mad trying to bite them. i let her out the cage n she sat on my lap on the sofa but still kept snarling at my boy, i cant put her outside in a kennel as she wont stop howling, barking and snarling. the neighbours are gona end up goin nuts soon because she just wont calm down. shes only a small bitch and has managed to bend the bars on her cage.

 

im not sure what to do, i cant let her have the run of the house because of my son and the pups, ive tried puttin her in the kitchen and bathroom but she just carries on going nuts. any advice???

 

oh and ive been hand rearin the pups since 14 hours after the birth, which i know aint the best of things to do but i had no choice. this is the first time ive bred a dog and i just aint got a clue what to do to calm her down.

[sh 08 17]

Good luck mate. how many pups have you got?

[pigeonman 8]

just the 2, bitch and a dog. thak god its only the 2 aswell!

[sh 08 17]

your lucky there mate. what breed is the bitch? do you no anyone whos got a litter at the moment?

[oohmydog 82]

my bitch had her pups 2 days ago, the first of the two pups needed help to start breathing so i rubbe it until it was ok, the second came out fine. the bitch wouldnt allow the first to feed for a while then gradually allowed him back to feed. After a few hours i could hear her snarling at the pups, it gradually got worse until she shook one of em for going near her face, i took the pups away and rang the vet, he said try one more time and if she wont accept em just take em away, which ive ad to do. the trouble is now the bitch goes has been going hysterical since ive taken the pups away, iv had to put her in my large dog cage as she went for my 2 year old son! ive tried showing her the pups this mornin and she went mad trying to bite them. i let her out the cage n she sat on my lap on the sofa but still kept snarling at my boy, i cant put her outside in a kennel as she wont stop howling, barking and snarling. the neighbours are gona end up goin nuts soon because she just wont calm down. shes only a small bitch and has managed to bend the bars on her cage.

 

im not sure what to do, i cant let her have the run of the house because of my son and the pups, ive tried puttin her in the kitchen and bathroom but she just carries on going nuts. any advice???

 

oh and ive been hand rearin the pups since 14 hours after the birth, which i know aint the best of things to do but i had no choice. this is the first time ive bred a dog and i just aint got a clue what to do to calm her down.

its sounds to me like a hormone in balance you have got to get her outside so no harm can come to your son consult your vet GOOD LUCK WITH THE PUPS

[turbotyke 62]

just the 2, bitch and a dog. thak god its only the 2 aswell!

 

i dont know what to say about the bitch but if any of my dogs went for my kids it would be gone no questions asked but thats just me good look with the pups some sleepless night for ya atb turbotyke

[waidmann 105]

definately a hormone problem imo. the birth,milk shooting in(no doubt if not feedng the young she will go mad just from that) etc etc.

first priority has to be the kids bud. then i would get her to the vets and find out if they can help reduce the milk flow and poss sort out her hormones(poss testosterone?????). i doubt very much she will feed or accept the pups now.

did they both get the first milk from her? (beastings) if not the maybe the vet can help with that too(as far as i know there is no substitute for that).

how are the pups doing?

i wish you the best of luck bud.

waidmann

[Catcher 1 639]

my bitch had her pups 2 days ago, the first of the two pups needed help to start breathing so i rubbe it until it was ok, the second came out fine. the bitch wouldnt allow the first to feed for a while then gradually allowed him back to feed. After a few hours i could hear her snarling at the pups, it gradually got worse until she shook one of em for going near her face, i took the pups away and rang the vet, he said try one more time and if she wont accept em just take em away, which ive ad to do. the trouble is now the bitch goes has been going hysterical since ive taken the pups away, iv had to put her in my large dog cage as she went for my 2 year old son! ive tried showing her the pups this mornin and she went mad trying to bite them. i let her out the cage n she sat on my lap on the sofa but still kept snarling at my boy, i cant put her outside in a kennel as she wont stop howling, barking and snarling. the neighbours are gona end up goin nuts soon because she just wont calm down. shes only a small bitch and has managed to bend the bars on her cage.

 

im not sure what to do, i cant let her have the run of the house because of my son and the pups, ive tried puttin her in the kitchen and bathroom but she just carries on going nuts. any advice???

 

oh and ive been hand rearin the pups since 14 hours after the birth, which i know aint the best of things to do but i had no choice. this is the first time ive bred a dog and i just aint got a clue what to do to calm her down.

 

Sorry for your problems bud.But if any dog i ever owned had a go at any of the family.Strait to the vet and put down and that me putting it nicely.atb. Catcher

[pigeonman 8]

yeh i agree my son comes first and i cant have a dog like that actin the way it is round him. shes a jrt x whippet, crossed her with a whippet. the pups both had her milk for the first 12 or so hours.

[pigeonman 8]

the fact she went for mi boy pissed me off that much i instantly was thinking of takin her straight to vets and havin put down but i didnt just want to have pups from her then get rid! shit decision to make because she part of the family, well she was till she done that....

[kill um with crisps 7]

For the moment at least shall we stop talking about killing the poor f****r?! Shes just given birth, of course her hormones are all over the place. Especially if its her first litter! 2 options:

 

Option 1) Give her pups back and if she kills um she kills um and then she will get back to normal over the next few weeks,

 

Option 2) Keep her away from the pups and your son and play it by ear. Without her pups she will be just as traumatised as any HUMAN would be regardless of wether she kills um or just has um taken off her by you.

 

Why is she going bonkers? Because she is hormonal and traumatised! What she needs right now is understanding, support and time, not a bullet!

[Guest bullterrier]

seen an English bull act like this once we muzzled her while feeding the pups once the pups were a few weeks old she was fine and playing with the pups but she was given calcium tablets onces a day for two weeks but she never went for anyone only the pups all the best with the pups mate .. ..john

[pigeonman 8]

For the moment at least shall we stop talking about killing the poor f****r?! Shes just given birth, of course her hormones are all over the place. Especially if its her first litter! 2 options:

 

Option 1) Give her pups back and if she kills um she kills um and then she will get back to normal over the next few weeks,

 

Option 2) Keep her away from the pups and your son and play it by ear. Without her pups she will be just as traumatised as any HUMAN would be regardless of wether she kills um or just has um taken off her by you.

 

Why is she going bonkers? Because she is hormonal and traumatised! What she needs right now is understanding, support and time, not a bullet!

 

 

yeh thats fair enough, i will see how it goes over the next 2 weeks, trouble is she went for mi boy, no matter how hormonal she maybe, its gona take a long time for me to be able to trust her again, if ever! like you say yeh i could give the pups back and id most definatly have to sit here and listen to her killin em and still have a dog that could cause harm to mi son, so i wont be doin that but yeh i will wait n see what happens over next 2 weeks.

[pigeonman 8]

seen an English bull act like this once we muzzled her while feeding the pups once the pups were a few weeks old she was fine and playing with the pups but she was given calcium tablets onces a day for two weeks but she never went for anyone only the pups all the best with the pups mate .. ..john

 

 

mi mum and dad had the same trouble with their bull terriers when i was young, they muzzeled the bitch but it wound her up even more n ended up havin to take the pups away, one of which theyve still got now!

[Hannah4181 260]

For the moment at least shall we stop talking about killing the poor f****r?! Shes just given birth, of course her hormones are all over the place. Especially if its her first litter! 2 options:

 

Option 1) Give her pups back and if she kills um she kills um and then she will get back to normal over the next few weeks,

 

Option 2) Keep her away from the pups and your son and play it by ear. Without her pups she will be just as traumatised as any HUMAN would be regardless of wether she kills um or just has um taken off her by you.

 

Why is she going bonkers? Because she is hormonal and traumatised! What she needs right now is understanding, support and time, not a bullet!

 

 

 

Spot on!! You simply can not suddenly brand the dog aggressive because of this incident!! :wallbash:

 

Your kids should be kept well away from a newly whelped bitch anyway, many a bitch will reject or kill puppies due to being stressed whilst whelping. Children should always be kept well out of the way for at least 3 days after birth to allow the bitch to settle with her puppies and get into the swing of things.

 

Put the bitch in a quiet comfortable place in her crate, KEEP the children away from her and allow her to get over what sounds to be a horrificly stressful situation for her. If she settles then i would introduce her slowly to the puppies and see how she reacts.

 

The very fact that she's snarling at your son should have told you just how stressed and upset she was.

 

Poor thing.