I start weaning my puppies at around 4 to 4 1/2 weeks. I take a good quality dry puppy food and grind it in a blender until it is very fine like corn meal. I just put this ground up dry food in both sides of a small two sided bowl (they sell at Wal-mart) in the x-pen along with a small bowl of water. The puppies will soon go over and start licking the dry food. Puppies love it and you don't have to worry about making mushy food that gets the puppies all icky and sticky. Of course they are still nursing mom too but they gradually start eating more of the dry food as they get older. By the time they are 6 or 7 weeks old you don't have to grind the food as much. I have had other breeders try this method and they all told me it worked great for them too. Good luck with your babies. |