19-09-2013, 10:54 PM
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Re: Big Cat Diary
Originally Posted by Pats CG
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Never watched the nightime programmes .....I've yet to see an animal in the wild kill its young - seen 'many' programmes - maybe one day ......
I'm still inclined to think the reason is often stress of some sort. I bred dogs for best part of 30 years, and I always kept my other dogs well away from a newly whelped Mum and her pups, even though I knew they were only curious and would never have hurt anything. I have heard other stories of dogs killing their newborns if they think there is danger.
I feel Mothers need time to recover, and time get to know the pups herself first, then after 3 or 4 weeks they didn't mind the others having a peep.
Funny thing is, I never once had a bitch give birth without me being with her, they always came to find me when they were starting, and I felt it a priviledge to be trusted so.
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