Mikayla Meixner answered 2/27/2011 When My Female Dog Is Having Puppies Should I Have The Father Around? Is it 3- 4 weeks or 4-5 weeks? And my dogs are half chihuahua half pug both boys so should they stay around when she's giving birth? And 1 more question is it true that the father dog gets to keep 1 or 2 of the pups?