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cesar49 · 07-01-2008, 10:45 PM

Run your thumb and index finger down your pup’s sides. The stomach is located at the level of its last rib. Take the feeding end of the tube and measure from that rib to the corner of the mouth. Mark the measured distance. That is the amount of tubing that you will insert into the pup.

Draw the warmed formula up the tube and into the syringe. You must then moisten the outside of the tube with formula. Open the pup’s mouth and start gently to insert the tube, following the roof of the mouth down into the throat. Keep the tube moving as the puppy swallows it. The tube should be too large to enter the windpipe, but move carefully and, if you meet too much resistance, start again. The puppy should swallow the tube to approximately your mark (squirming all the while). Slowly inject the formula into the puppy’s stomach.

If you have to continue tubing past two weeks, the windpipe of many puppies will be large enough to accommodate the tube -- and aspiration of formula can lead to pneumonia. Change to a larger tube or introduce the bottle. The best outcome, of course, is to get the mother to accept the pup and to have it nurse.

Minor Surgeries

Wait to do tails and dew claws until the puppy has stabilized. It is not a good idea to do any surgery on a preemie no matter how much it has gained or how normal it seems to you. Any stress on a preemie can knock it back into a danger zone where it will not suckle. You should wait until it is old enough to be anaesthetized (five or six months) and have the surgery performed then. It is more traumatic for the puppy and the healing process takes longer, but the puppy is older and established

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cesar49 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eagles nest ohio Posts: 1,325 Blog Entries: 1	highwood norwich preemies Run your thumb and index finger down your pup’s sides. The stomach is located at the level of its last rib. Take the feeding end of the tube and measure from that rib to the corner of the mouth. Mark the measured distance. That is the amount of tubing that you will insert into the pup. Draw the warmed formula up the tube and into the syringe. You must then moisten the outside of the tube with formula. Open the pup’s mouth and start gently to insert the tube, following the roof of the mouth down into the throat. Keep the tube moving as the puppy swallows it. The tube should be too large to enter the windpipe, but move carefully and, if you meet too much resistance, start again. The puppy should swallow the tube to approximately your mark (squirming all the while). Slowly inject the formula into the puppy’s stomach. If you have to continue tubing past two weeks, the windpipe of many puppies will be large enough to accommodate the tube -- and aspiration of formula can lead to pneumonia. Change to a larger tube or introduce the bottle. The best outcome, of course, is to get the mother to accept the pup and to have it nurse. Minor Surgeries Wait to do tails and dew claws until the puppy has stabilized. It is not a good idea to do any surgery on a preemie no matter how much it has gained or how normal it seems to you. Any stress on a preemie can knock it back into a danger zone where it will not suckle. You should wait until it is old enough to be anaesthetized (five or six months) and have the surgery performed then. It is more traumatic for the puppy and the healing process takes longer, but the puppy is older and established __________________ Purchasing from backyard breeders, pet shops, and puppymills perpetuates the suffering of other dogs.