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Raising Newborn Puppies: Keeping Warm

At birth, puppies cannot generate their own body heat and must be kept warm and dry. Healthy newborn body temperature ranges between 95°...

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Puppy's first three weeks

There are four critical periods in the social life of a puppy. The first critical period spans the neonatal and transition periods...

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Can newborn puppies hear?

Puppies are born blind and deaf. Hearing is the last sense to fully develop. The helpless little pups won't be able to hear mom until...

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When can newborn puppies see?

Puppies are born blind with their eyes 'sealed' shut. Just two slits above their wrinkled, pushed in nose. Sight for a newborn pup is a...

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Puppy's first breath

She must get him warm and dry and awake. Suddenly his entire body inhales and tiny mewing begins.

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Hello World! Mom prepares for her puppies

As the hours tick towards midnight, she beings to whirl round and round. Pausing now and again her mind far away - or far within. It won't b