<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Every breeder has had one.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Now and then a bitch comes along who doesn't think puppies are cool. She kills them.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">She may appear to be happy to see them, interested, very eager to "play" but she is not playing. They have awakened some hard-wired prey drive and she will kill the babies, either her own, or someone else's.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">It's not jealousy, it's not "playing too rough", it's a glitch in the hard-wiring in the brain.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">My feelings are these bitches should not be bred because of the high probability that they will ignore or kill their puppies.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I do not think they should EVER be allowed near a dog young enough to still be rolling over in submission to an adult.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I personally would spay this bitch, and if I were planning on having more litters with my other bitches, I would re-home her.</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">This is just sad but it happens every now and then. Not all women are good mothers: not all bitches are good with puppies.</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">MomPerson to Nigel, Llewis, Conley and Cooper</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">PS. The key to watch for is a bitch (or dog) who is EXTREMELY interested in the puppies, who cannot wait to see them, is constantly tense and on edge near them, trying to get in to "visit" them and always hanging around. The actual Mother dog may even be alarmed and give you some additional signals as to how she percieves the situation. A dog or bitch up on tippy-toes, shivering or vibrating with excitement, panting, ears up, tail up but almost abnormally straight, wagging or not---everything focused on those puppies--- think how a dog looks when it sees a bunny---there you go.</font></font></div>
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