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Old 08-30-2010, 11:03 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Phil@rise View Post
On topic tho I've witnessed similar behavior from one of my own dogs. She was a rescue dog and we were unaware she was pregoes at the time. She birthed a litter of six and killed four of them. I never understood why and was quite horrified she did it. The other two puppies were unharmed but one did die a couple weeks later and we found out it wasn't getting enough nourishment from her milk.
as horrible as it must have been, its interesting behaviour, its almost as if the mother knew her body wasnt able to provide for all the pups.
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