what to feed new pups?

[dogman89 0]

my dog is due to give birth in the next day or two!

she is feed a barf diet!

 

i was just wondering how i feed the pups? im keeping two pups from the litter but i wont be deciding what two until they are 6weeks old? what do i do up until then and what do i feed the rest of the pups because i no that not all the pups will be fed raw once they go to their new homes?

 

any advice will be grateful?

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

I've bought in a six week pup and put it straight onto the usual flesh and bone, mate. See no point if f*cking around, myself. Some will come up with their own choice of " Highest Grade " vet kill, no doubt. Still vet kill. I wouldn't give a Dog a mouthful of Any of that stuf, any time, for any reason. They come to me? They get flesh and bone, all their long, healthy lives.

 

Once they're off the bitch, give them some flesh to suck. They'll soon get the idea.

 

And as for the people ye'll sell them to? Why not try to talk a bit of sense into them? Or just be more selective about who ye commit ye pups to?

[Stabs 3]

There was nine in my bitch’s litter last year and after a while she made it pretty clear that she was losing patience with the little b*****ds. I weaned them off her using a blended mixture of carnation, weetabix and dried puppy meal. That eased them away nicely and then chicken wings and legs were introduced as well as I cut back on the blended mixture. I found that a nice gentle way of taking them off the bitch and getting them on to raw.

[trader 0]

I've bought in a six week pup and put it straight onto the usual flesh and bone, mate. See no point if f*cking around, myself. Some will come up with their own choice of " Highest Grade " vet kill, no doubt. Still vet kill. I wouldn't give a Dog a mouthful of Any of that stuf, any time, for any reason. They come to me? They get flesh and bone, all their long, healthy lives.

 

Once they're off the bitch, give them some flesh to suck. They'll soon get the idea.

 

And as for the people ye'll sell them to? Why not try to talk a bit of sense into them? Or just be more selective about who ye commit ye pups to?

thats the way to feed em ditch you cant beat it can you, ted walsh once said" that feeding dryed sack food was more for the convenience of the owner than for the benefit of the dog"" never a truer word spoken

[skycat 6,174]

I've always weaned my pups straight on to meat: you put a nice fresh rabbit carcase in with ferret kits: I do the same with pups. Gutted rabbit: they go mad for it. Don't worry about the worms at this stage as they should be on a regular worming programme anyway. This is from 3 weeks on: some won't dive in straight away, but keep offering it to them and by the end of the week they are all tearing meat from bone like good 'uns.

 

Then introduce minced beef: (better protein and fat content for growing pups than just rabbit). Never had a problem.

 

And like DS says: select your buyers. And if they really don't want to feed naturally just tell them to add minced beef to a meal and gradually reduce. Hopefully they will see how much better the pup's condition is on meat and keep it like that!

[sandymere 8,263]

A balenced mixed diet that includes a variety of different food sources, ie raw and cooked animal and vegtable products will give a wide as possible nutrient base as well as preparing the pup to except a variety of food stuffs later in life.

Dale et al conducted a study on pups given 1 of 9 different diets that included high fat, protein or carb and came to the conclusion "The general response of these young dogs was not markedly influenced by consumption of diets ranging from carbohydrate-free to high-carbohydrate and from adequate-protein to high-protein."

[wink hound 0]

a leg of lamb/calf tied up, finely scord into cubs (Still left on the bone, just makes it easier to eat.) they will soon get the idea and love every minutite of it.

 

with this i always put a tray of milk, dry food, weetabix type mix....... variaty is the spice of life at that age.

Edited June 4, 2008 by wink hound

[Rainmaker 7]

I could write a lot here, but I won't. I just finished a post in the Bull Breeds section to a lad asking about feeding a pup, and I've written tomes on the subject across the last two or three years, which you'll find across this board. There's plenty of links knocking about too - dig out that post in the Bull Breeds section mate, I just listed a good half dozen in there you might want to check out.

 

Don't muck about with grains/kibbles and all that guff. As was said above just get them straight onto scraped meat and water (sort of a meat gruel) for the VERY first days of experimenting with food, and/or leave a good size raw meaty bone or carcass in with them. I'm sure the dam will help as required

 

After they're a tiny bit older you can start leaving LARGE raw meaty bones/carcasses in with them - whole chickens, rabbits, whole fish, lamb breasts etc. They'll soon pick it up don't worry. It's the best possible start. Start as you mean to go on is my advice.

[dogman89 0]

thanks for all the tips everyone, but sadly the bitch only had one pup which she had by caescerian! she didnt bond with the pup and when my mum was trying to get the pup onto the bitches nipple to feed she turned and bit the pup and killed it!

 

thanks anyway everyone

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

F*cking hell, mate! That's harsh! What vile luck!

[Pignut 4]

That is bad luck,mate.

 

So sorry.

 

Pignut

[Rainmaker 7]

Rotten luck So sorry to hear that mate.