[Lilymo]

Things in the UK are quite different. We frequently take pups at 8 weeks old regardless of breed. My vet a few years age was south African and he advised me to take a 6 week old pup away from its mother as it was weaned and ready to go. Sorry if I sound judgmental but the American kennel club ( I think that's the name ) is not the 10 commandments but only a guide. What I'm trying to say is that other countries do things differently and we don't have mutant dogs with loads more health or physiological issues than you do. This pup is leaving at 8 weeks regardless of what anyone else says cause that's what the breeder has decided having done this with past litters presumably . The girl is looking for advice for the best way to feed the pup and that's what she should get. Not a lecture on how wrong everyone else is.