We Still Need Our Mommy

Many people think that since mother dogs don't want to nurse their pups much starting around five weeks that puppies can be taken from their moms by six weeks. But mom dogs do more than feed their babies they also teach them valuable lessons about how to behave. If one bites her too hard and she'll use her muzzle to push and hold him down for a minute, essentially giving him a puppy time out. If one the puppies is yelping, she runs to check to see if he's ok, which helps the puppy feel safe and learn to trust. Sometimes I'll see her correcting a puppy by pushing him down and giving him a soft bite, I don't know what the puppy has done wrong but I'm confident Connie does.