View Full Version : Overnursing!
beagle_lovergirl
06-26-2005, 05:09 PM
Sadly, Belly wont be able to come home until august because she has to get her rabies shot before going on a plane :( But anyway, I talked to the breeder and he said that she was still nursing from her mom. I think this is a good thing since she'll get more anti-bodies but I was just wondering if theres a bad side to this.Shes already started on dry food (BTW, the breeder feeds all his dogs Innova) and likes it just as much and I know puppies can get Demodectoc mange from nursing also. The breeder said that next week though,for sure shes gonna have to stop nursing. BTW, shes 10 weeks right now :)
Love4Pits
06-26-2005, 05:27 PM
Its fine puppies will do this but by 11 weeks if still with the mum they should be seperated if still nursing which i know your breeder said she will stop. At 10 weeks of age i completely seperate them from mum. Roxy will be going back into the barn as she is a barn dog and the puppies will continue with their training and its just a better way of weaning them from their mums so its an easier transition them into new homes at 12 weeks :)!
frznbuns
06-27-2005, 08:11 AM
I have a question, Where is your puppy coming from? Why are you having to wait till August to get her? I just shipped a puppy to Germany at 10 weeks, before the rabies shot. Please repond asap as I might know how you can get your puppy sooner.
beagle_lovergirl
06-27-2005, 11:30 AM
Shes coming from Brazil. Last year, you we're able to receive and ship puppies from there as long as they we're over 9 weeks but then the law changed and you have to give the rabies shot and wait 20 days before going on a plane. I'd really appreciate it if there was some way to bring her home earlier :)
Barb04
06-27-2005, 04:48 PM
I'm so sorry to hear Belly can't come home yet. We will all be eagerly awaiting her arrival. Keep us posted!
Fran27
06-27-2005, 05:25 PM
That's unfortunate.. You must be getting really impatient :( It's good though, it will give him more time to get trained by his mom and the breeder.
beagle_lovergirl
06-27-2005, 05:30 PM
Yes I am HIGHLY impatient:p! But, I do now its better for her and the breeder has been training her really well.
BagelDog
06-27-2005, 05:32 PM
She wont get more antibodies from that. When animals are first born, part of there gut is opened up big enough to absorb the antibodies from the milk, but within 2 hours the gut closes and its not possible, thought anitibodies are still in the milk. Its not the milk that loses the antibodies as many people think, but the puppy/kitten that cant abosorb them. Anyways, it will just make finally getting her all the better :)