My aunt raised pups and she showed me how to do it and it worked great. It may be a little late for this but you can give it a try. She found a very large box, like a refrigerator box, lined the box with papers. Then she put a bed box in one end of it. She cut a door in the bed box so when the pups started walking around they were on paper. When they were old enough to play she let them out in the room which was mostly covered with paper. She slowly removed the papers, leaving a soiled one down. They were almost paper trained by the time they were 6 weeks old. She did not let them out in a reg room unattended. That never works.

Thanks, I tried that at the beginning. They will go out but one of them always soils the bed. As I still have them until they are flown to their new homes I guess will have to put up with it. The joys of fostering abandoned dogs ðÂÂÂ

sorry for asking people, but which are the best articles on pets on www.wikipedia.org. Sorry for question

I wonder if something is wrong with one of the pups. Usually as soon as they are on their feet they attempt to get away from sleeping area for eliminating. Is the sleeping area small or large enough to get to one end & eliminate?

Take the pup to the vet

I took all 5 to the vets. 2 were allergic to the food and 3 had doggie gastrointestinal infection. Just my luck. All are now on the mend thankfully. Appreciate the comments

At eight weeks old, why are the pups not weaned? Still nursing at that age? Is mother still eating/recycling the poo?

I've not been reading here for a few weeks or I would have been glad to have tried to help as an experienced (English) Bulldog breeder.

This post was edited by saltidawg on Wed, Jan 7, 15 at 15:11

How were "food allergy" for two pups diagnosed as such with one visit?

Did you have this girl before she was pregnant? Before she had her litter? How long had you had her wnen she whelped?

Well, I tried.

Sad.

Sorry saltidawg I didn't receive notification of your post.to clarify, they were practically weaned. Eating solids fine but it turned out a very nasty tummy virus was going around and 5 of my then foster pups had it. I feel like I've been judged in this post and found lacking. These dogs are not mine. They were found abandoned. The pregnant kimmy came to me a week before giving birth to 3 puppies. 2 more puppies were dumped in a box at the pound. Another helper took them for a few days and got a vets visit in, this is where she was told it was a food allergy. All 5 are now doing well and 2 have gone off to forever homes. 2 more will leave in a few weeks.
I do appreciate the time people took to reply. At the time of writing I was totally exhausted and could hardly think. Thanks again xx