It is common that from the third week after giving birth, the mother dog begins to refuse to breastfeed her young. There's nothing to worry about, it's completely normal, especially with large litters! The main reason is that her milk production is at its peak. This is a sign that you need to move on to weaning the puppies. However, great delicacy is required because the health and well-being of your pet closely depends on it. The question arises: how to do it correctly and efficiently?
Weaning a puppy is like introducing new solids into their eating habits. It is useless to recall that a baby dog is fragile. As a result, the transition must be carried out gradually or risk stressing it and causing digestive and growth disorders. Know that there is a difference between breast/bottle feeding and drinking from a bowl. The first thing to do is therefore to let him appropriate and get used to good gestures (lapping the milk) with formula milk.
Continue weaning with milk porridge made up of 10% special, quality and mixed croquettes as well as 90% milk, until the fourth week. Therefore, replace the milk with water. Until the seventh week, the consistency of food should change from soft to hard and the amount of water reduced to nothing.
