possibly flameful

sakelp

I have been following the story of Besty the Pit Bull and her 11 puppies since day 1. Her story can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Betsy-Pups/343476255670288

and puppy cam can be found here:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/our-dog-room

Te puppies are 5 weeks old now, and will be 6 weeks old next week when they go to their foster homes. The are going in pairs or 3's, so that is good I guess.

But here is the flameful part: I feel like we always say that puppies shouldn't leave their litter mates and mom until at least 8 weeks, and 10 is even better, because of bite inhibition, etc; so WHY are they separating them SO early?? 6 weeks... that just seems too young to me.

Flame Away 

sakelp

lots of view and no replies??

NotJennay

I can't flame you, I also don't understand it, but I haven't been following the dog's story. 

I do love me some puppy cam, though. 

jen812

I can't read the back story right now, but from what you posted, I would assume the reasoning is to make it easier on the foster homes. I could be totally wrong, but maybe the foster families they have lined up aren't willing to care for so many puppies. Maybe 3 is a more manageable amount for them.

YellowUmbrella

jen812:

I can't read the back story right now, but from what you posted, I would assume the reasoning is to make it easier on the foster homes. I could be totally wrong, but maybe the foster families they have lined up aren't willing to care for so many puppies. Maybe 3 is a more manageable amount for them.

That might be it - just limited resources that the rescue has. I'm certainly not a puppy expert, so I'm not sure.

2009miss

No flames from me.

I did take Max out of a bad situation when he was about 6 or 7 weeks old. And I now have a dog with a million issues. Leaving him there with his mom was in no way an option.

I do not think all of his issues come from being taken away so early, but I think it has something to do with it. I would never ever take a puppy so young away from it's mom unless their is just no other option.

I did also take one other puppy along with Max and found her a wonderful forever home and yes, she also has issues. I do not think this is a coincidence.

Mistym05

No flames, I think that since they are in a group of three it should help with bite inhibition even though it is early to separate from their mother.

BrittanyKD111

We just rescued a lab puppy that was from a litter of 11. The foster moms(they co-fostered and one of them adopted the mom dog) said that they mother was just extremely overwhelmed with all of the puppies. I don't know how early the pups were separated from the mother but by the way the woman talked, it had been at least a week. She had talked about bringing the mom over during the day to play and be with her pups. Now that I think about it, I should have asked. When I went to visit there were only 6 puppies in the pen(the ones that were left that needed forever homes). I know the others were still together, just not where. They were just under 8 weeks old at that visit.

PunkyBooster

They may not have a foster home equipped to handle multiple puppies. We have had this situation in rescue and often break litters up at 6 or 8 weeks old into 2 and 3s in foster homes.

Extra plus if the foster home has a resident dog who is an adult. 

It's often better to be socialized with 2 littermates and lots of people and experiences than be sitting in a cage with little interaction with the exception of your littermates.