You check with your Breeder. This is why it is good to purchase your dog from an ethical breeder, not a backyard puppy breeder either. You can find out if she was OFA certified hips and elbows from the AKC papers but as far as personality, etc. you would check from your ethical breeder. An ethical breeder would only breed to improve the breed and her breeding stock would be of sound mind and body and checked for hip, elbow dysplasia, heart problems, eye problems, etc.
A group of dogs is called a kennel, pack (wild dogs), or litter (pups from one mother)A pack of dogs.
Punishment. Mother dogs will bite their puppies noses when they do something they should not, as nipping to hard when playing with his/her mother, etc.
Finn the humans mother is Jake the dogs mother.
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Dogs don't 'hatch' ! They are born. They develop within the mother dog's uterus (just as a human baby would inside its mother !).
A dam is a female mother dog and a sire is a male father dog.
Not really. Young puppies recognise their mother as their mother, but other than that, no.
Yes, dogs can find water by scent.
Mother dogs sometimes move their puppies soon after birth because they want to find a more secure place. They may not feel safe where they were. This can happen if there is too much activity in the area.
Dogs have many ways to protect their puppies. Their first step is a preventative measure, which is digging a hole or trying to find a hiding spot to "nest." They will also protect their puppies by attacking other animals that they feel are threatening them or their puppies. That is why it is important for a dog to trust you if you plan to help them deliver puppies.