Thanks for the advice. I started them on some puppy food last night
(Vet's Choice) and they seem happy on it.
I was planning to wean them slowly over the next 2 weeks and they will
only go to their new owners at about 8 weeks (after their first shots
and deworming)
E
Shadow Walker wrote:
> While still on the mother you could start offering them wet mooshy puppy
> food. They are way to young to wean, but offering them extra is good.
> Remember they should not leave their mother until they a over six weeks old,
> been wormed and had their first puppy shots. Some breeders keep until second
> set of shots around 10 to 16 weeks or so. By this time the puppies have
> started house breaking with momma and they have leaned some play bite
> control and manners.
>
> All of my pups were weaned by momma at around 6 weeks, she decided pups
> teeth were way to sharp. She also had extremely large pups for the size of
> the mother. By the time they were 6 weeks they were eating well and growing
> nicely as well. That's another thing if your pups are a large breed. You
> would want to try using a large breed puppy food so as to not have the pups
> grow too fast. All my dogs were medium sized and monitoring growth was much
> easier.
>
> Good luck,
> Shadow Walker
>
> "Eis" <erhard.eiselen.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159857760.710797.114400@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> > My Lab's pups are now 4 weeks and teeth are out, and they are all
> > healthy. When iis the right time to start giving them solid food and
> > how much?
> > >> Stay informed about: Weaning pups