Trust her instincts hers are better than ours are. When my Brat had her litter in 2002 Eva(very experienced mid wife}told me we had one that was iffy(the other 7 were doing good)she tried her best to save her. She put the puppy on Brat and left for a few hours to find yhe puppy next to the water dish. Ed mothers do know best. Brat was a 2nd litter did it on her own girl Bob Neiman / Walled Lake, Mich. Owner Barkalot's Felonious Assault AKA Brat and the other half of B'N'B 9-10-1997 to 12-19-2004 Breeder/owner of UKC GR Ch.B'N'B-Barkalot's Cherish RN 3-25-2002 to 6-18-2009 Co-owner of Ketlyn's Black Widow --- On Thu, 6/30/11, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Nut cases need not reply To: "showgsd-l" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 12:51 PM I've been off line for several weeks contemplating whether or not to get off this list completely....just tired of dealing with all the nut cases and hypocrites on this list...but there are still a few folks here I respect....I had a very uneventful litter of six whelped two days ago...mom and babies doing well until today....in my over 40 years of having litters this is the first time i have had a bitch continue to remove one of the puppies from the litter box.....she is adamant about NOT wanting this pup with the other 5....the pup is in every visible way normal...this pup is a bit smaller and was the last pup born...puppy is active with no signs of a problem...I will take this pup to the vet later today to see if she can see if anything is wrong......any one have any ideas about what the heck is going on....and again if you are a nut case and you know who you are, don't bother responding.....oh yeah,..I have a delete key...Ed Hill ===========================================================================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/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================