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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom  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. |
ok got it. thanks for the info!! any recommendations on a good puppy food. i've been using Royal Canine for mom (thats the only thing she will eat. tried to give her the good stuff Candid and she refused it) so is that ok?