I would recommend you get her off the Science Diet food asap. I feel it is a poor quality food and it contains soy which is a very bad ingredient for dogs, especially pregnant and nursing females. I recommend a food like Natural Balance, Solid Gold puppy or Chicken Soup puppy. There are other quality foods out there so you just need to see what is available in your area. Check the label of the foods. If it says soy in any form on the label then I would avoid it. If you do find a different dog food then you will want to introduce her slowly to the new food.
You can do a search on YT for 'whelping pudding' and you will find different recipes for it.
Here is one recipe that has been posted on YT before:
16 oz. water
1 pkg. Knox Gelatin
(micro. to disolve)
15 oz. can evap. milk
2 tabls. vanilla yogurt
2 egg yolks
2 tabls. white corn syrup
mix all ingred. in bowl let set in fridge
until thickens. Spoon out as needed.
Here's another to give to mom immediately after whelping
1 can of goats milk (sold at Wal-mart where the evaporated milk is sold)
equal parts of water
1 egg yolk
1 table spoon of Karo syrup.
Helps to get her strength back. Place a bowl right up to her and she'll lap it right up.
Both of the recipes help with milk production. |