You dont hae to go to the vets to get milk supplement. You can go to a pet shop. If your from UK look for Lactol or Whelpi. The instructions on the back tell you how much powder to mix with water. If she is showing no sign of wanting to look after them you have got to do it and feed them every 2hrs or so. There is a kit at pets at home that has the feeding syringe and everything you will need. You will also have to stimulate them to go toilet by gently wiping a warm wet cloth over their privates till they go.

Keep a hot water bottle (well wrapped) or better yet a heating lamp or one of those bags of beads that you can put in the microwave to keep the pups warm. Get some vet bed for the pups to sleep onas it keeps them warm and is antibacterial and can be machine washed.
Keep the pups in a draught free area that can bemade dark and try to keep them somewhere that can be made quiet for them. They dont need all the socialisation noises yet. Move them somewhere with more hustle and bustle at about 4 weeks.

Sounds like that there’s too much action around the whelping box. The whelping box needs to be placed in a quiet area with limited access to pets and other people. Both can cause a nervous, young mother to abandon the litter. The puppies can be touched but only by people that the mother dog knows. You also need to be concerned about diseases. So keep children, adults and other pets away from the whelping box for 10-14 days.

The puppies must be kept warm. Do NOT try and feed cold puppies. The milk will just rot in their stomachs and it will kill them. Kitten milk replacer will work fine. I’m almost betting that the mom does have enough milk. Puppies will not drink all that much after they are born. If the puppies are quiet and content, they are getting enough milk. The mother’s own milk is what’s best for the puppies. You may have to hold the mother down gently so that she will nurse the puppies. Sometimes the vet can give the mother a shot that will help with milk let down too. This is called oxytocin which is a hormone. So talk to your vet.

If you are going to hand feed puppies, tube feeding is actually better and safer. Have your vet or a good breeder in your area show you how. Also make sure that you rub their bottoms so that they properly eliminate.

You’ve gotten great onformation from some of the other posters – I would add that you should also be very vigilant about her mammary glands, and check them twice a day. When they got stocked up like that, the remedy is to express what milk you can, and apply a warm compress several times a day, and make sure your biggest toughest puppies get on it and keep it drained.

The natural thing for owners new to having puppies is to bring everyone down into the action – as others have said, she needs to go back up into her ivory tower and stay there – here job is to be the mom, not a social butterfly. If you keep her in the kitchen, she will soon find it more attractive to go around looking for attention for herslef, and leave her puppies to fend for themselves. She’s got about 7 weeks to go.

Make sure you only take her down and out on a lesh, so she knows you are all business. She can have a little treat – but be careful not to give her anything spicy or odd, or she could end passing it on through her milk.

And make sure she has a small bowl of broth twice a day if not more, to keep those spigots running. The salt in it will entice her to drink more water, so also make sure she always has a fresh bowl of water, as well a big bowl of puppy chow in her room.

You know, with everything going on, I think a trip to an emergency vet is in order.

I would suggest a spay ASAP so accidents like this don’t happen. Now you know the importance of spaying at a young age. Have spay/neuter contracts drawn up for the puppies with a clause saying you are to come get the puppy if the new owner doesn’t do it by 6 months of age, and the new owner is to show you proof. Or don’t give them away until you’ve had them fixed, which is about six months away.

Talk to your sister about fixing her dog ASAP. Just “not getting around to it yet” is a lame, lazy butt excuse

Whelping box is very good, but it should be placed within a larger pen. That way the mother is controlled now and the pups will be controlled when they’re old enough to wander about (underfoot if not penned). The ambient temperature inside the whelping box should be near 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Either place a heating pad under half the whelping box floor or place a heating lamp over one side of the box. Do not heat the entire box so mother and pups can move to a cooler side if need be.
There should be absolutely no one coming near enough to touch the puppies except you. Did all those visitors wash their hands? Remove their shoes? What kinds of germs and bacteria could they have unwittingly dumped onto those pups and the recovering mother. She is very susceptible to infection for another few weeks. Another good reason to place the whelping box within a pen. Also, the other pets need to be banned from a wide radius around the box.
Another writer suggested ways to obtain puppy formula. When you feed, the pup needs to be held as if it were lying on its stomach, with head very slightly elevated. Don’t make too large a hole in the nipple because the pup needs to suck. A large volume of formula gushing into his mouth will choke him. Also, warm the formula to body temperature. Shake the warmed formula and then dab a bit on your inner wrist or inner elbow to test that it isn’t too hot or cold before putting the nipple in the pup’s mouth.
Good luck.

HM, i don’t know much about this. So i would say go ask the vet for some advice and keep checking on her regularly like you are doing. Good luck.