“…As pathogens responsible for septicaemia in pups are seldom responsible for mammary gland infections (Root Kustritz, 2010), early weaning is not advised since it promotes galactostasis (Davidson, 2017). However, some reports show that puppies can be affected due to the ingesta of infected milk (Schäfer‐Somi et al., 2003; Vasiu, Pop, Chirilă, et al., 2017; Zakošek Pipan et al., 2019). Keeping in mind the age of the neonates, puppies should only be removed and hand raised, with milk replacers, if the mammary glands and health status of the bitch are deteriorating, if the bitches are nervous or present pain, or if other side effects, from antibiotic‐treated milk, like transient diarrhoea in pups, are present (Barsanti, 2012; Bassu, 2017; Biddle & Macintire, 2000; Kirk, 2008).…”