I do agree that he is too young to be leaving his momma and siblings but if you do go ahead and get him just be prepared that he may not be completely weaned. Make sure you find out exactly what the breeder has been feeding him. Hopefully she will give you some of his food. If she is feeding a poor quality food then I recommend you purchase a high quality puppy dry food. When I wean my pups they love ground up dry food. I just put the dry food in a blender and blend it until it is fairly ground up. At 7 weeks some small chunks will be okay. You will need to change his diet slowly or he can get sick. Puppies that age need to eat a lot of small meals. I always just leave out a bowl of the ground up puppy food. It will be essential that you make sure he is eating and if he does not eat well at first you might need to give him some Nutri-cal or Nutri-stat. If you don't have either of those then a little corn syrup and water would help. Young puppies can get hypoglycemia very easily if they go off their food.
Another thing you will have to watch closely is the puppy's stools. Coccidia is fairly common with young puppies when they first leave their momma. Be sure to take your new pup to the vet as soon as you get him. Make sure the vet checks a stool sample on him. If for any reason after you get your pup, he gets diarrhea, even if the stool sample is normal, be sure to get him to the vets immediately.
Do you know what shots your puppy has received if any? Most breeders don't even start shots until they are about 8 weeks or older but some vets do start sooner.
As for the lab, sorry but I would not allow the lab anywhere near the pup until the pup is much older and even then you have to use extreme caution. I know someone that lost their little yorkie because their lab that the yorkie had been raised with accidentally broke the yorkie's neck when they were playing. The yorkie was over a year old. |