It is often saying that the female is ready for pups and it wants to show you this.
yes.
About 4 weeks.Then the puppies get teeth that hurts the mother.
The puppies will nurse from the mom.
The puppies will nurse from the mom.
They can if they are lactating already. It probably doesn't occur often, but it has happened before, and likely will again. The greater question is 'will' a particular dog nurse another's pups.
Yep. There are plenty of male nurses. No problem. Why not!
A dog should usaully not eat it's newborns. If it eats one, make sure he/she is kept away from the puppies. If it's a she, find another female to nurse them.
She probably isn't biting them. It is more like she is nipping them. This is normal. This usually occurs as a sign of discipline when the puppies are being rough. The mother dog will tolerate the puppies, but she will control her young when they nurse to hard.
a pediatric nurse
We wean our small breed puppies at 5 weeks, by 5 weeks of taking care of puppies the moms are sooooo ready to be done taking care of puppies! As long as they have some teeth 5 weeks is good, just make sure that they are eating, if they are "teacup" pups they nurse up to around 8 weeks.
Nurse, pee, poop, and sleep.
A miniature schnauzer can nurse a large litter of eight, but the puppies might need supplemental formula. If the puppies are not getting enough milk from their mother, they need formula fed to them.