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Originally Posted by Mardelin  I let mom set the pace. The one thing I do is put her in with them at night, to drain her. If breasts become engorged with milk, her boosums can blow out. Most of the time she's completely done with them by week 9 or 10. Then I seperate her from them at night. Most of the time, the way she stops them from nursing is by laying on her stomach....Nature is wonderful as they get older, the consistency of mom's milk changes and the pups begin to eat more solid food. |
Wow. I'm learning something new every day. With Gracie's and Angel's first litters, they were DONE with the pups by 4 1/2 weeks, in that they would beg to get out of the pen. They would go in long enough to lick, clean, etc., but then they would bark and cry to get out as soon as the pups began nursing. I assumed it was because they were getting some teeth and it was painful . . . . So, then, I assumed this was the normal time to wean the pups.
Maybe all moms are different. . . ?