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What should a 1.5 month old puppies daily diet include? I have been trying to fix a schedule but he is not adjusting to it. What should be his daily routine and what to feed?

 

I fed mine three times a day until he reaches 6 months and then go two times a day. I suggest a low protein puppy food. I used Caniadae All Life Stages. After a few weeks on that I fed him dry food in the morning and raw in the afternoon but I suggest you to do dry food. All the instructions are on the package. Remember to not over feed him.The dog food may be expensive but I give him only the best! He actually eats human grade meat :) Good Luck! Any Pictures?

Dre

The reason is that the owner of his mother sold off all the puppies & he wasnt ready to retain my stud puppy. So, I had to bring him home. Well, I am feeding him after every 6 hrs or so. He's not adjusting to the dry food so currently i have put him on human quality chicken n meat & boiled eggs. He loves it. Also, raw minced meat sometimes, not too often.

However, I had seen some threads long time back wherein people discussed about feeding egg shells. Is it advisable?

You might want to look for a better breeder next time.  The 6-8 week time frame is crucial to a young dog's early development and should be spent with his/her mother and littermates.  No responsible breeder allows a pup to go to its new home before 8 weeks.

"The 6-8 week time frame is crucial to a young dog's early development and should be spent with his/her mother and littermates. "

I know I hear this all  the time, and in some US states it is law.  I have gotten two pups at 6 weeks, and none of them exhibited any of the behaviours I was told they would, if gotten early.

  Just curious as to what are the downfalls-reasons you are referring to in early development that are crucial.

Red, the puppies learn a lot about how to just be dogs during this time and how to socially interact with other dogs.  More importantly, they learn bite inhibition by being around the other pups who challenge them, bite them and give feedback when bitten; they learn that biting hard hurts.  This type of bite inhibition, in my experience, has no effect on later protection work but does matter when trying to teach the pups manners.  I have worked with a lot of shelter dogs over the years and can tell with some degree of confidence which ones were removed from their litters at 5 or 6 weeks old and which were not most of the time.

Thanks for the reply Keith.

I had no problems with biting nor dog aggressiveness which was another thing I'd read.  
 Both pups were male, and both were opposite in personality, but they turned out to be great dogs.

I haven't noticed any difference than with the pups I got at 8 and 12 weeks.


What my concerns are with leaving them at the breeders ( and I agree not all breeders are bad) is that, because they are weaned from the mom anyway by six weeks, than more often than not, they just sit in a kennel with no stimulation.  

  On the other hand, when I got them at six weeks, by 8 weeks they had  bonded to me, were going to the door for potty, and we had lots of toys and tug time.

We read of how crucial love and attention is to a human babies brain development, I am wondering if puppies are the same?

We read of how crucial love and attention is to a human babies brain development, I am wondering if puppies are the same?

I think all living creatures recognize love when they experience it and the earlier in life the better in my opinion.

Who leaves puppies with the dam at six to eight weeks?