[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Salembev

I am not an expert and neither is my firs time mommy Zoie who had five puppies on Black Friday. Bu, she is an amazing and intelligent Yorkie and as always, mom knows best, along with our Vet, who said, we need to start. We followed her recommendation along with advise from experienced users here. he biggest and greaest advise came from Zoie herself. First she regurgitated in the puppies pen, several times at the same time I read - "Don't be surprised if the Dam does this," she knows the puppies are ready for real food." As we went into a routine this last week, and in feeding the pups, her regurgitation stopped (she is very healthy and we had no concerns). So, over the past several days, we have disappearing toys from the puppy digs which re-appear in our bed. But we also have Zoie and Zack food, mysteriously appearing in the puppies bed. And, where there was once no poo because Zoie took care of all their needs), we now have the most cutes little poo you would ever want o see. (my husband thinks i am nuts). What it comes down to, is understanding and listening to your Yorkies. I think mine are almost human. If I stay in bed too long, Zack pulls the covers off me and Zoie kisses my face. When I bend down into the puppy digs, it's a free for all, and I am bathed into the scent of puppy breath. Over the next few days, puppies will be fully weaned, and we will need to up the 14" wall. We are in the serious mode of potty training and will soon be ready to add a new dimension for the indoor puppy play yard (besides ordering washable potty pads). Zoie is laying on the edge of the bed, watching football while the puppies are getting ready for bed. We both say thanks for this great site. Call me crazy, but I love my Yorkies.
Bev

Get yourself a big pie plate or you can purchase at the pet store a stainless steel litter feeder. It's big and has this thing in the middle to keep the pups around the bowl....

Start with Goat's Milk Equal Parts of Distilled water - room temperature. Add Gerber's Baby rice cereal.....make it soupy, add a bit of Karo syrup. As their baby teeth come in you can begin adding baby kibbles......The pups will get messy, and may not eat it all but, mom can clean it up.......and of course the pups too. I usually remove everything from the Puppy Pen at feeding time....Do this 3 times a day to start with. Once mom is no longer feeding I'd increase to 4 or 5 times a day.