Jolene’s dog is not feeding her puppies anymore. Why is this, and what can she do?

Question

I have a pug and she just had babies 3 weeks ago, and doesn’t want to go to see and feed her babies anymore. One of my previous dogs had puppies before, and so i am pretty familiar on what is supposed to happen, but I have never had this problem before. The mother fed until they were almost 5 weeks. Is this normal and what am I suppose to do? Should I force the mom to do it or just put them on food soaked in dog formula?

Hi Jolene
Your dog has stopped feeding her puppies probably because she has run out of milk!
Start feeding her up with lots and lots of good nutritious food, with plenty of protein like meat and raw, juicy bones, and anything else she wants to eat – then she will want to feed her puppies because she won’t be dry.
Tiny puppies cannot eat solids, nor can they eat on their own, and they would need to be bottle fed every couple of hours for them to survive. For someone who has bred dogs before you should have known that.
Please spay your bitch when the pups are off her hands because bringing more dogs onto the planet means more euthanasia. It’s estimated that about 120.000 dogs in first world countries are put to sleep every year, because there are not enough homes to go around!
Don’t add to the long list of indiscriminate breeders – spay your dog ASAP.
Take care
Glynne