Q. How old does a puppy need to be when he stops eating milk and starts to eat puppy food?
A. Weaning normally starts towards the end of the 3rd week. I started by offering a little warmed goats milk, holding each puppy on my knee to encourage it to lap. Once that's sorted out, you mix a good quality puppy food with the milk, or just water, into a porridge and after making sure each puppy individually can eat it, start putting shallow bowls down for them all to pitch in. They will need feeding 4 solid meals a day, with mum still topping them up until around 6 weeks at which point she'll be away from them. I also gave my pups a very tiny amount of raw lean hamburger, once a day. It's tempting to give them more to begin with, but at 3/4 weeks, they should still be taking most of their nourishment from mum. By 5/6 weeks, she will probably want to go in to clean up after their meals, and allow comfort suckling - standing up, but that's all.
The transition must be slow so you don't overload their immature digestive systems.
The transition must be slow so you don't overload their immature digestive systems.
When training new puppy - should I separate him from our older dog?
Q. Or would the new puppy benefit from seeing our older dog doing tricks? We have a 3.5 year old lab right now and are planning to adopt a lab mix puppy. Should I seperate them during trainings or keep them together? Thanks for any tips!
Yes, this will be my first time having two dogs at once, so ANY other helpful advice is welcomed! :)
Yes, this will be my first time having two dogs at once, so ANY other helpful advice is welcomed! :)
A. I would do one on one training with the puppy every day, and then do some training with both of them at the same time where the older one will guide the puppy. Also make sure you do one on one with your older one to make sure she is still feeling like the puppy isn't getting all the attention.
At what age do puppy teeth start falling out?
Q. My puppy is 12 weeks old. When will his teeth start falling out and can I still feed him dry food when they do?
A. somewhere in between the age of 4 to 6 months..
yeah, i still fed him dry food when they did fall out, if u want u can mix it with some rice which is softer..
but the teeth dont all fall out at the same time ! it starts at the front teeth, then the sharp pointy teeth, and the back ones can fall out any time. my puppy's back teeth fell out after the front ones..
it can be painful to them, so u can give them some dental chews, or soft chew toys, and it would be a great thing to give them some ice when this happens!
especiallu since ice makes u go a lil numb
yeah, i still fed him dry food when they did fall out, if u want u can mix it with some rice which is softer..
but the teeth dont all fall out at the same time ! it starts at the front teeth, then the sharp pointy teeth, and the back ones can fall out any time. my puppy's back teeth fell out after the front ones..
it can be painful to them, so u can give them some dental chews, or soft chew toys, and it would be a great thing to give them some ice when this happens!
especiallu since ice makes u go a lil numb
How many weeks does my puppy have to be in order to start eating puppy food?
Q. My dog had only one puppy and my puppy is close to being 3 weeks old and it doesnt look like its developed to eat. At how many weeks can I introduce puppy food and water?
A. Most breeders start introducing a food MUSH at about 3 to 4 weeks but the puppy can nurse as long as the mother will let it. Usually by the 5th week, the puppy teeth hurt enough she's not very interested so you need to be working the puppy up to eating some semi-solid kibble type food, from 3 weeks on. Puppies should have a pan of water at all times - by now.
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