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Originally Posted by koolbreeze  i lost my camera so i can't post any updated pictures... but i am looking for it. so i hope to find it soon. i'm back!!! i think i took Angel's death a lot harder than i expected and kind of didn't want to bond with the puppies anymore. but who can resist their sweet faces! and they are very playful right now so it is hard to not get attached. couple of questions...
1. i want to wean them and i read a couple of methods... which is the best way to go about this.
2. x-pen with a DOOR is coming today so i will be moving them from the play pen into the kitchen... its still kind of cold should i continue to use a heating pad?
3. i would really like to have them go potty outside... is it to soon to start that... (it will be in the seventies mid week.)
4. is it ok to have dad around them yet. hes seen them a couple of times but for the most part i've kept him away from them. since they will be in the kitchen with him is this ok?
ok thats it for now. hope to find my camera real soon... one of my crumb snatchers got a hold of it!  THANKS!!! |
If I remember, they are a week older or about the same age as mine. They do not need to be around other dogs besides their mommy just yet. i have just now started taking my mama away for a couple of hours at a time and feeding my four and a half week olds mush. depending on how they do on this, they will stay on that three or four days and when they start finishing their small meal that I will give them about three times a day to start with, we will graduate to wet puppy food with a little puppy supplement in it or wet dry kibble smooshed up with a little puppy supplement in it. At this point their mouths are so small they might get choked trying to eat the dry all by itself. I had this happen and I like to have never got the peice of kibble out. oh and BTW, that is my signal to start trying to feed them. When they toddle over and try to eat mama's dry food. They are still in the x-pen in my bedroom and will not have access to the "Big Dog" room until 8-10 weeks and only a few minutes of supervised time to start with stretching it each visit. I have not used a heating pad since mine were two days old. I used a heat lamp for two days, then turned the thermostat up to 72 in that room. Now it is 70. Also, do not let them go outside for any reason until they have had all their shots.