First of all I want to thank everyone for the great advice on how to get Mariah to accept her pups. I took Monday off and sat with her all day. Around 11am I sat on a blanket with her and held one of her pups. After awhile I took her muzzle off and got the pup to pee and she slowly took over cleaning it. After that I brought some others over to her and did the same thing. To make a long story short, her instincts finally took over by noon and she seems to be making up for lost time in cleaning and loving them. Whew..I got a good night of sleep in a bed outside of the whelping room and monitored them if I heard any squeaks. All is well at the Wilkerson home. Thanks to allBeth ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================