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help with a 6 week old
Hello,
I just got a small scottish terrier dog that is six weeks old. I know that I should not have a dog that young but his mother died at birth and the owners were giving them away because they could not care for so many (8 in the litter). The vet tells me that I should start feeding it dog food (royal canin junior, for dogs +2 months old) but I am still giving it royal canin first age milk 5 times a day. Is it a good idea to continue this for long or no longer? I am wary of my vet because in Mexico vets seem to be behind the times. While many vets seem (I have read) to recommend all-natural diets my vet tells me I should not give him that but I should dog food because it is specifically formulated for a dog..... / insert usual commercial speech here / So my questions really a What is a good diet for a 6 week old pup? How long should I continue giving him 1st age milk formulae? Please bear in mind that the BEST dog food I can get here in Mexico is Royal Canin. It is IMPOSSIBLE to get any of the many grain free dog foods there are. Also, I have an older (about 3 years) dog, and I feed him 50% fresh cooked chicken and 50% Royal Canin dog food, is this a good means to maintain my dog in good health? Thanks very much for any help! |
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help with a 6 week old
On 2009-07-04 13:49:30 -0400, Wintoon said:
So my questions really a What is a good diet for a 6 week old pup? How long should I continue giving him 1st age milk formulae? I have experience with one litter of puppies. The were not little puppies, either. At 6 weeks they were eating puppy food mixed with a little warm water several times a day. I believe if you think you need to add weight to your puppy you should use the milk substitute to help moisten the food. I think we overfed our puppies, but we were overwhelmed and undereducated. I am not an expert in canine nutrition and so I am not eager to start messing around with our dogs' diet. I'm not particularly interested in ideas that appear to me to be more trendy than based in reality. Good luck with your pup! |
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help with a 6 week old
montana wildhack wrote:
On 2009-07-04 13:49:30 -0400, Wintoon said: So my questions really a What is a good diet for a 6 week old pup? How long should I continue giving him 1st age milk formulae? I have experience with one litter of puppies. The were not little puppies, either. At 6 weeks they were eating puppy food mixed with a little warm water several times a day. I believe if you think you need to add weight to your puppy you should use the milk substitute to help moisten the food. I think we overfed our puppies, but we were overwhelmed and undereducated. I am not an expert in canine nutrition and so I am not eager to start messing around with our dogs' diet. I'm not particularly interested in ideas that appear to me to be more trendy than based in reality. Good luck with your pup! Ooooh, it occurs to me that you have a wealth of info on applying the Super Puppy program from the perspective of a layperson. This person might really get a lot out of implementing this....especially since the pup is a solo orphan. |
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help with a 6 week old
On 2009-07-05 16:20:14 -0400, Tara Green said:
Ooooh, it occurs to me that you have a wealth of info on applying the Super Puppy program from the perspective of a layperson. This person might really get a lot out of implementing this....especially since the pup is a solo orphan. The part of Super Puppy that I did started when the puppies were born and primarily ended around 6-8 weeks, although we did a lot of different things with them in those last two weeks. Don't forget that puppies should never be anywhere you are not SURE is not infected with Parvo before shots. I have a link somewhere - I think Matt posted it to inadvertently torture me with Golden Retriever puppies who could do leather crafts and build their own dog houses. I found it: http://www.puppyprodigies.org/VideoClips.htm Scroll down the page a bit to see... |
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