[KayGates]

Try wiping its fanny with a washcloth or towel soaked with warm water. Mothers lick the baby's bottom in order to get it to go. You need to simulate this.

Goood advice!

[linnealand]

Hey shorty, I'm glad you've come back, at the very least with your update and to tell us a little more about the story.

I agree with what everyone here has been talking about, including what alty wrote in her last post. I don't think anyone would be upset with you from saving this tiny puppy from the pound. Regarding the breeder, though... that's another story. Granted, we don't know the details behind the previous owner's decisions, but barring extenuating circumstances like death or a completely debilitating disease, I think it would be pretty hard to justify the choice that was made in permanently separating the mother from a litter of puppies that only opened their eyes two weeks ago. That falls on the shoulders of the breeder.

This is just from my own curiosity, but I'll say it anyway. We know that your puppy was 4 weeks old when you posted, but I'm hoping that they didn't separate them even earlier. I don't know what kind of care people like the breeder would have been providing for the mother or her pups. It seems like they really didn't care about them at all. I don't care if times are tough, if this was a financial decision, if they just didn't feel like carrying through on the responsibilities they took up, or if they're as dumb as rocks underwater. What they did was wrong. I think they'd do better gargling glass than facing any one of us in this room.

Well, we don't know much about this story, but I'm wondering how on earth the people who adopted the mother wouldn't have taken the puppies with them as well. Wait, maybe I just guessed it. Those people made you pay for your puppy, right? I don't know how much you paid, but you shouldn't have had to pay anything at all. You saved this puppy. If the people who adopted the mother didn't take the puppies because they had to pay for all of them... :( like I said, we don't know very much about the rest of the story, but I just find even the idea of that upsetting. Growl.

Well, Shorty, your puppy is lucky that you stepped in to save it from the shelter, and it's good that your vet is concerned enough that he has told you that you can call him night or day. I know you might not be jumping for joy about getting at least a book or two on puppy care, but if you stop by your local bookstore or neighborhood library, you'll see that there are so many options that are very comfortable, easy and interesting reads. I wouldn't advise this if I didn't think it could make a big difference. You and your puppy could only benefit from a helping hand, and a good puppy care book could be worth dozens of them! If you do have questions or information to share, just come back to post. Lots of luck.

[Lillybilly]

Take a warm wet rag and rub its butt cause the mom licks the baby pup's butt and that how she gets it to us the restroom so yea see if that works