[tammys]

Originally Posted by bjh

I have a hard time getting accurate weights on my pups too. I definitely need a better scale.

Your pups should be pooping at least two or three times a day. I have 6 week old pups now that have been eating the ground up dry food since they were 4 weeks old. It could be that your pups are pooping more than you think and momma might still be eating it. I highly recommend just grinding up the dry puppy food until it is real fine and leaving it in the pen with the pups and a bowl of water. I like to use the small double sided bowls they sell at Wal-mart in the pet department. Put the food in both sides and use a separate one for the water.

I know it's hard to believe, but believe me when I tell you that Cassie does not get in with them unless we put her in there and pet her to let the nurse. When they try to play and cuddle with her she looks the other way and looks like she would rather be any place else than there. She is not licking them at all. I have come to realize, that she has had a hard time adjusting to mama role, when she has been in the baby role for so long. She is very old, and nature just doesn't plan it this way. She even tries to leave with me when I go out, and will jump in my van. And, as normal as that may be for 4-week old pups, she has been doing this since the day they were born.

Do you moisten the food it at all? We left some in there (crushed and moistened with water) for a few hours yesterday evening. They had no interest, so I put Cassie in there hoping that they would catch on with what they were supposed to do, and Cassie sniffed it, and looked at me like, "What the heck is this?" LOL. It's the same food she eats, but it was really squishy, so she was not pleased. LOL


How do you get them to not spill the water when it's just left in the pen?

I'll go check out the double-sided bowl today, b/c I am going to Wal-Mart to get some canned food.



Thank you!