Do male dogs take care of puppies?

Answer 1

The Answer:
This answer is totally erroneous; male dogs, and female dogs, can kill, and have killed, neonate puppies; even dams (mothers) have been known to kill (and eat) their puppies. Regardless of temperament (but especially with certain breeds or a dog that exhibits dog to dog aggression), NO adult dog should be encouraged to interact with newborn puppies; the puppies must be old enough to have begun the weaning process, and even then STRICT supervision between other adult dog (s) and the puppies is absolutely required.

Male dogs do not "love" their puppies the most; this is extreme anthropomorphizing. To allow any adult dog to interact with a new dam may disrupt the dam's interaction and care with and for her neonates; it may cause her anxiety to the point where she will destroy them, or stop nursing them. The best place to get answers to questions regarding dog behavior is from a knowledgeable veterinarian

Answer 2

It depends whether or not the dog gets along with other dogs. Some breeds can develop dog aggression, but with good training this is unlikely to happen.

Of course, it is best to keep puppies under supervision when every they are with another dog. Some dogs can get very territorial and can easily cause injury to a puppy, however, a puppy should not have been introduced to a dog that is territorial and likely to be aggressive with another dog.

Answer 3

My mixed breed dog gave birth to puppies two days ago. Today I let her out of her kennel to run for a few minutes and left the gait to the kennel open. The pups were in the dog house. I saw my male dog go to the dog house and put his head in. I thought he was just smelling of the pups. I called him away and when I got to the dog house he had killed two of the puppies.

Answer 4

In todays world, most breeders keep the males apart from the females when there are puppies. Some breeders only have the males on loan for stud purposes. If you want an idea of what the male dogs would do (if anything) look up the role of male dogs in the raising of puppies.

Answer 5

Female dogs have puppies after mating with a male dog. So no, unless they had a sex change.

Answer 6

The mother is likely starving and/or the puppies are very deformed or sick.

Answer 7

yes the male pitt will kill new born puppies if adult humans dont use gloves when touching the pitt bull puppies.

Answer 8

yes mine did