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Location: Gloucestershire
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Mum Favouring One Puppy
Hey,
As im sure a lot of you know by now i have three labs - Chloe (mum) and Riley and Megan (her puppies). Chloe was a really good mum, she made sure all of her pups were clean, well fed and happy and she obviously really loved them!
Over the last few weeks though, we've noticed that Chloe seems to favour Riley over Megan, to the point of literally walking over Megan to get to Riley (to play or clean his ears, she loves ears!lol) and she wont play with Meg and doesn't really like Meg being around her. She'll sometimes walk off if Meg comes over to play with her.
Chloe is still a really good mum. She's never shown any signs of aggression towards Meg or Riley, and she still makes sure they're clean and if she's eating something and they walk over she automatically steps away to let them eat it, whether its Megan or Riley.
So... Is it normal for a Mum to favour one puppy the way Chloe does? Is it something we should be worried about or is it normal and she'll be fine. I'll be taking Riley when i leave home, so Meg and Chloe will be living with my mum and im a bit worried that this may cause problems in the future... Should i be?!