I was worried about Hershey Bn immature and not taking care if her pups..... But she was great!!
Nursed em nonstop, super protective, laid with em or played with em if they weren't eating. She kept em clean and did a great job.
But Hershey is much more clam & we trained her to b very good. I guess it depends on each dog..... Kinda like people.
Some may b great parents at 24 years old..... Some may never.... Lol
Best of luck to ya with the breeding!!
Few tips
We bought 2 big play pools for hershey and the pups.
So we could move em back and forth when one needed to b cleaned.
Newspaper, newspaper , newspaper..... Gotta have news paper.
Also we put some cheap sheets in the pools with heating pads under em to keep em warm.
I ran / retrieved with Hershey every afternoon. So she stayed in shape and got some free/ fun time!!
Having all the puppies around the house was fun & hectic!!
We they became more mobile we got a portable cage that folded up for easy storage. It was about 8 ft around / 3 feet high and had a door for Hershey to walk thru. They stayed in there during the day and nite. we could let them outside & keep em contained, lol
I'll do it again someday......
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