Breastmilk is the best food for dogs, providing not only important nutrients for puppy growth and development, but also antibodies to prevent puppies from getting sick. However, as your dog grows up and its body needs more and more nutrients, the amount of mother’s milk and the ingredients it contains can no longer meet the needs of your dog’s growth and development, and weaning is inevitable. As an owner, you need to help them make this transition smoothly. The best time to wean your puppy is not too early. It is generally recommended to start at about three weeks, with the number of feedings gradually decreasing, and then you can completely wean your puppy after six weeks. Weaning should not be done in the summer. If it happens to be summer, weaning can be postponed until fall. Some owners disregard the needs of the dog’s growth, and simply extend the lactation period, the consequences of doing so not only make the dog love milk, unwilling to eat dog food and other supplementary food, and then easy to cause the dog wasted, malnutrition, usually sick, and even affect the growth and development. Therefore, we should be weaned when weaning. The method of weaning to puppy weaning there are three main methods, each with advantages and disadvantages, the following to introduce. 1. due to force weaning a due or about to expire on the forced weaning, the advantages of this method is the weaning time is short, the separation of the nest time early. The disadvantage is that because of the sudden change in food and environment, it is very easy to cause indigestion and affect the growth and development of the puppy, which may cause nervousness in the puppy and may cause mastitis in the bitch with sufficient milk. 2. The dog should be weaned in batches according to the physical strength and adaptability of the puppy and the use of the dog. The well-developed ones can be weaned first and the weak ones afterwards to extend the nursing time appropriately and promote growth and development. The disadvantage is that the weaning time is prolonged, which brings trouble to the management. 3. Gradual weaning. This method is to gradually train the puppies from the mother, gradually reduce the number of nursing, weaning before they are properly spaced off, after a certain period of time, they will be shut together to let the puppies eat milk, and then separated after eating milk, and later reduce the number of times to eat milk day by day, until completely weaned. This method can avoid the stimulation of sudden weaning of the puppies, and is a safe and reliable method. After weaning, the puppy is completely dependent on milk to live independently, which is an important turning point in its life. At this time, the puppy is still in a period of rapid growth and development, and its digestive function and resistance are not yet fully developed. Therefore, the feeding management during this period must not be relaxed and careful care must be given to ensure the normal growth of the puppy, reduce and eliminate the attack of diseases, and breed a strong and sturdy puppy. What to eat after weaning? Generally speaking, it is still recommended that the dog be fed mainly powdered milk, plus some softer food. When the dog is completely weaned, it can be fed wet dog food, never feed dry dog food to the puppy, which will cause the puppy to be indigestible and even die directly. The most appropriate time to feed dry dog food is when the dog is three months old. Note that after weaning, the transition from complete dependence on breast milk to living independently on its own is an important turning point in its life. The owner should give careful care during this period to ensure the normal growth of the puppy, to reduce and eliminate the attack of diseases, and to breed a strong and sturdy puppy.
