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Originally Posted by Mardelin  So, your work is really cut out for you; starting with the whelp and for the next 12 weeks. |
I can echo that! I've got a litter of 6 that will be 10 weeks tomorrow. There's one (isn't there always) that I have to coax to get her to eat enough. She prefers the 'good stuff' over her dog food and won't eat well if it's not to her liking. So, I find myself cooking eggs, boiling chicken, adding goat's milk or broth and using canned food to dress up the kibbles. I won't feed only her specially so the whole litter is getting whatever I concoct. She's a willful child but is just precious. I think she was born with the Princess gene.
This is after supplementing the smaller ones until they caught up...feeding Mom 5 to 6 times a day while she nursed them...making sure they all eat well after weaning....on and on.