A week ago my dog had her puppies while out in the yard by her dog house. We mistakenly thought that she was not due for another week or so. She was chained out on her lead when it happened. Anyhow, all of her puppies were out of her reach!! They were in holes dug in the yard, under leaves, in ditches and brush piles, etc. We searched quickly and found all eight puppies (Thank God!!).
Herein lies the question… what happened? Clearly she did not put them there, nor did they move there on their own. They were only minutes/hours old. Someone told me that the father dog sometimes comes and burries the pups to keep them warm until mom can tend to them. Is this true? None were harmed. We are very curious! (All 8 are healthy now and mom and pups are in their bed area up by us now…)