Can anyone offer advice to resolve a problem with my 2yr old springer spaniel?

i have recently bought a seven week old puppy and my 2 year old ***** is allowing her to suckle suckle and now producing milk what can i doCan anyone offer advice to resolve a problem with my 2yr old springer spaniel?
The pup should be weaned and therefore not allowed try to nurse on her. Most breeders intervene with their litters to help mother dogs wean them. This may or may not have been done in your pups case, but regardelss, it's old enough to be fully weaned. So, simply don't allow the pup to nurse on her, Separate them when you can't watch for it. After a couple of weeks the 'habit' will be broken.Can anyone offer advice to resolve a problem with my 2yr old springer spaniel?
I don't think spaying should be the only solution to this. You should get the puppy off her teats when she does it or put a plain comfortable tee on your adult dog so that her teats are covered.





Always supervise them two when they are together. Do not leave them alone because it's not only because you don't want the pup to suckle on her but if your adult dog decides to play too rough or accidentally steps or falls on the little fella, it could seriously hurt the puppy even if she didn't mean to do it. The dog doesn't know it's own weight %26amp; strength. The puppy is small %26amp; still fragile. It should be confined in a playpen most of the time especially when you're not watching it while it's out.





By the way, what are you doing with a 7 week old puppy? Puppies should only go to their new homes at 8 weeks minimum. No wonder she still wants to suckle.
Two problems here





1. 7 weeks is at least a week too soon for this puppy to have left the nest - hence her need to suckle in the first place. At this age, had she remained with her litter-mates, mum would have been visiting her brood still and allowing them to 'comfort suckle'. They would by no means be relying on mum for their food, but as I say, for comfort. And this is why she's doing this. Had she been that bit older, she would have grown past this phase, poor wee thing.





2. Your older ****** has presumably not been spayed. Why not!!? Lactating at this point isn't unknown, but it's far from kind to allow this to happen, and it may well need treating to scatter this milk. Personally I'd separate them, for now, and get this milk production shut down (you may need to have your vet sort out what's going on ).





And book your older ****** in for a spay.