Pups 2 Week 3 Days Old

[Stud dog 632]

Good noses on them soon as snap dish is put in there straight over an in

[bmull 189]

looking well mate :yes: :yes:

[nothernlite 18,268]

Nice marking on them looking good

[Stud dog 632]

Thanks fellas they surprised me put snap down came back an they was in thought it mite be to early for solids

[nothernlite 18,268]

Mines have just started on solids 4 and half's weeks old

Edited July 5, 2015 by nothernlite

[Stud dog 632]

I've never heard of pups at two an half weeks eating our trying to eat solids

[nothernlite 18,268]

Somebody commented on another thread to say it's not good for them at that age because there digestive system isn't in working order yet need to check it out mate just in case good luck

[skycat 6,174]

I have found that small litters don't try and eat solids anywhere near as early as large litters: they simply don't need to as they are getting loads of milk from the bitch, or should be. I've had a couple of very big litters (12 plus) and they were desperate for meat at just over 2 weeks. They didn't eat a lot at a time ... maybe a grape-sized lump of mushed up raw chicken twice a day until they were 3 weeks old, but at 3 weeks I've found most pups will slurp finely mushed lean chicken meat from my fingers and love it, and seem to be able to digest it no problem. Fatty beef mince does upset their guts a bit, but lean chicken, no skin, tendons, sinews and definitely no bone seems to be fine. I'd sooner let them eat this than try and give them milk supplement as they're getting tiny bits of good protein as opposed to filling their stomachs with milky liquid: just the way I've found it works for my pups, though I know that many people do use milk supplements for big litters. Either will be preferable to having hungry pups.

[Stud dog 632]

Thanks I'll give some lean chicken for a couple of weeks thanks again for all your advice how's your pups coming on NL how many your bitch have?

Edited July 6, 2015 by Stud dog

[nothernlite 18,268]

9 but 2 were still born so ended up with 7

[Stud dog 632]

How are they coming on an have you got homes for them all