Milk drying up at 3 weeks? - Page 2

Shandra,

My Pembroke Welsh Corgi has had 2 litters, one with 12 pups and the other with 11.  I feed her all she can possibly eat, and both those litters started eating around 3 weeks of age.  I would soak the puppy food you have in hot water until it is very soft,  mix with goats milk and raw eggs and canned food.  They sound hungry enough they shouldnt have a problem figuring it out.  I would start by feeding them 2-3 times a day and let them continue to nurse also.  I let my female clean up whatever the pups don't eat.  I figure it can't hurt her.   I also use a product called Structure, for the bitch and litter.  I order it from,

www.naturmix.com

Best of luck.. Keep us posted.

KIM

My older female weaned her 12 pups at 3 weeks old as well. I started feeding them stuff that I whipped up for them. I would ground the puppy food in a blender with, yogurt, powdered replacement milk, rice,vitamin C, and etc. I would whip it up until it was mush, and all 12 were nice and healthy and fat.

A good puppy weaning food is goat milk, plain yogurt, and baby (human) rice cereal. Make it very thin then get thicker. When they get about 4 weeks gradually add your choice of puppy food that has been soaked in the fridge until puffed and soft. Warm it slightly before feeding. Cow milk is hard for dogs to digest, so you might get the poops with it.

Thanks for all of the advice :)
I have esiblac on hand so I will introduce that to them tonight while mom is eating, Goats milk wil have to wait til tomorrow.

here are some new pics of the babies in question :)

What a bunch of cuties!!!!!!! really like the last picture pup Male or female?

Thanks! :)
the last pic is a female, I call her Aramina. She is the one that is first in everything and I am really going to have to watch her and be selective about her home I think, more so than the others. She was giving a growl/bark when she was like 10 days old lol She is going to be a handfull lol

Hi Shandra:Pups look good and they are more than big enough to start feeding.....I use goats milk, and soak the kibble till soggy, and i fix for the first three meals    either malt o meal  or cream of wheat.....it has folic....and the rest is what ever you want to add.....

I would add yogurt and let the mom eat it up afterwards....I always fix way too much as they dont even know the first two meals what to do ,,you have to stick them in it,,and keep putting them up to it....and mom will clean them....they are so funny the first meals........they walk in it, and some of them dont want anything to do with it at the first two feedings......Mom will be glad you are feeding them  and she may wean then next week    they dont like the teeth and the claws    ,,,,,,and some moms dont care.....tHAT IS WHY i LIKE THE BIRTHING BOX WHICH CONTAINS MOM AND PUPS AT ALL TIMES......JMIO

Shandra,

I think you got a lot of helpful hints on what to do with them!! They are absolutely gorgeous!!!!!! I really like the last picture of the pupy as well.