How much do you feed them????? It didn't occur to me until umm..now, that maybe im over feeding the new pups. They are eating mushy puppy kibble, and i've been giving it to them every 2 hours. I thought I was supposed to do that because they fed off of mommy every 2 hours. When I weighed them my jaw dropped. All 3 are almost 2 pounds and they are only 33 days old. Am I feeding them correctly or should I be doing it differently? How often? |
I suggest following the amount show on the back of the puppy food. My vet and trainer told me that the amount they display is even higher than you should feed them! Some people just give a HUGE bowl of food to their puppies and let them eat as they please. My vet told me not to do this and to follow the amount shown behind the food. To give you an idea, my yorkie is a little of 6 months and is 11 pounds! I feed him 1 cup a day. It was less when he was younger though. He is big and 1 cup is enough of Royal Canine. Good luck! |
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Yeah but this is tough. They arent even 5 weeks old yet. They were started on mushy puppy chow when their mommy refused to feed them (at 3 weeks old). Now all of a sudden she's letting them feed. Im trying to ween them and she's slowing down the process. They have no problem eating normal food but she keeps interfearing. Even after they eat all their puppy chow, they go to her and suck her dry. I dont get it. What can I do to stop her frpm doing this and should I only be feeding the pups 3 times a day? It cant be normal for them to be almost 2 pounds already... |
feeding I free feed pups that age...you don't have to worry about them right now..and later either. They will only be as big as they are genetically programmed to be...they might get a fat belly for awhile, but they will trim down once you feed dry only. Once they go to new homes they can eat 3 times a day just fine. |
Maggie's breeder fed her pups 3 times a day with mushy food, starting at 3 weeks old. She kept the babies seperate from the mama. She would allow the mama to go into the babies room at 9PM to sleep with the babies. Come day light, it was seperation time again. Getting one of these puppies for myself made Maggie's seperation from her mother a lot easier. She cried a little the first night, then it was Home Sweet Home. |
Dry and wet to just dry Ok.. here is another question for you all.When is a good time to go from wet and dry food to just dry?Ralphie is almost 6 months.. and I still feed him about a teaspoon of Pedigree morning and nite.. then I leave dry food down at will. The question is.. when should I stop the Pedigree and feed just dry? Any ideas? |
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What do you mean by free feed? Im keeping 2 of the three puppies. They are already home lol Should I do like Stitches29 said and keep the mommy and puppies apart all day? |
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I was putting a fresh plate down every 2 hours for them and they were diving into it. They eat their food just fine but as soon as mommy comes around they latch on. They do fine when she isnt there. I'd hate to keep them seperate all day. What if I just keep a fitted t-shirt on her, or pj's? Then they wouldn't be able to get to the milk. Maybe that would work? |
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Im gonna keepa shirt on her during the day so they dont feed from her. They do wonderfully with the mushy puppy chow and dont need to be drivin back to the nipple lol. Do I not have to worry about feeding them at night? Just feed them before bed then again in the morning? |
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That's kind of an issue. She only goes in the whelping box when she wants to feed them. Otherwise she wont go in there. At night, she sleeps on a down blanket next to my bed, prince sleeps by my feet and the pups are in the whelping box. I've tried so many times to put her in there with them but she wont stay. She hops right out. She goes in there if/when they start crying in the middle of the night from hunger. |
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