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Woogie Man · 09-10-2008, 09:06 PM

I had this happen with a litter of 3. Mom had way more milk than the pups needed and they looked like beached whales for a while. In this case, they did start walking later than expected. I started limiting the amount of time I would let Mom nurse them and they slowly slimmed up and developed normally. I kept a girl from that litter and she is completely normal at 15 months old. As soon as they start walking, you'll see the weight come off. You should be ready to start feeding them some softened kibble at this time so you'll be able to control their feeding a bit more. It worried me too when my pups got that way. You don't want to limit their feeding while they're so young and then all of a sudden, you've got a bunch of little fattums

. It'll probably be ok as long as you can get them moving around more and get them standing. You could try giving them some room to roam and separating them a few feet and have them move around to find each other or come to you, things like that to get them moving more. Hopefully, you'll see some progress soon if you can watch their intake and get them more active. Good luck!!

09-10-2008, 09:06 PM	#3
Woogie Man Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,564	I had this happen with a litter of 3. Mom had way more milk than the pups needed and they looked like beached whales for a while. In this case, they did start walking later than expected. I started limiting the amount of time I would let Mom nurse them and they slowly slimmed up and developed normally. I kept a girl from that litter and she is completely normal at 15 months old. As soon as they start walking, you'll see the weight come off. You should be ready to start feeding them some softened kibble at this time so you'll be able to control their feeding a bit more. It worried me too when my pups got that way. You don't want to limit their feeding while they're so young and then all of a sudden, you've got a bunch of little fattums . It'll probably be ok as long as you can get them moving around more and get them standing. You could try giving them some room to roam and separating them a few feet and have them move around to find each other or come to you, things like that to get them moving more. Hopefully, you'll see some progress soon if you can watch their intake and get them more active. Good luck!!