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At five weeks old the puppies are getting old enough to be weened. She may just be telling them enough with the breast feeding already! Often a good mother will shut her pups off so they will move on to solid food. Otherwise the pups would most likely continue to nurse for years.

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That doesn't sound good, please call your vet and ask him.

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well a mother can attack her puppy because she might be rejecting the one week old puppy and if not then i would get some help with a vet

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to be stern from the beginning

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