What are pups eating and when?
Since our “I” litter, we have weaned our pups on a completely raw diet. We have found that our raw fed pups grow more proportionately, are more “together” at a younger age ie. better motor skills, and are extremely food motivated adults, making training that much easier. At 21 days, we begin to offer our pups a “Gruel” once a day. This consists of goats milk, baby cereal (like for human babies), egg yolk, organic yogurt, honey and vitamin C (crystals). We let the pups lick at this and in just one or two feedings, they are eating with great gusto. At 4 weeks, we add baby food beef, lamb and chicken (yes, again, human baby food), and also baby food veggies which are wonderful since they’re already pureed. I also add a supplement called “The Missing Link”. They are offered this twice daily, assuming they are still nursing. By 5 weeks, we start adding canned salmon and ground whole chicken or turkey in place of the baby food, plus a larger variety of real fruits and veggies as well as cott
