I went to my friends house and they had found a puppy in a parking lot. I think it was horrible for someone to just hand it out. It's only three weeks old. Atleast that's what they told me they got told. It is tiny. Just a bit bigger than my hand. It'll suck on your finger and it can't eat regular food. All it does is sleep and eat. I don't have any experience with a puppy that young. Does anyone have any advice I can give them?
Advice?
- Thread starter yoko
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Most breeders start weaning pups around 3 - 3 1/2 weeks. What you can do is advise your friend to get puppy replacement milk. Cows milk is not something you want to use due to the lactic acid. Get some good puppy kibble or canned food of a good quality (Mordy could help with that). If using the kibble take hot water and and pour over about a handful of puppy kibble, let sit for awhile until it expands and gets mushy. Then pour a little more warm water over that and make into a porridge. Pour some of the puppy replacement powder over top of it and mix together (the amount will be on the bottle). serve the pup, the pup may take a little while to catch on, but, it should be too much of a problem (after the pup has walked through a few times) 
What dreadful people to let their pups go that early.
Most pups are weaned around 4 weeks of age, give or take and can start on puppy food along with some porriage. Check with your vet.
The most important thing I can think of, if this pup is truly this young is to find some puppies it's age or close that he can spend time with. Being taken from littermates this young can really affect the socialization lessons that would otherwise be learned. Bite inhibition will not be learned and some other valuable lessons.
Let us know how it all turns out.
Most pups are weaned around 4 weeks of age, give or take and can start on puppy food along with some porriage. Check with your vet.
The most important thing I can think of, if this pup is truly this young is to find some puppies it's age or close that he can spend time with. Being taken from littermates this young can really affect the socialization lessons that would otherwise be learned. Bite inhibition will not be learned and some other valuable lessons.
Let us know how it all turns out.
pet stores also carry milk replacement..make sure that you do not turn the puppy on it's back to feed it..when the tummy feels round they are usually full..i grew up with a pup in one pocket and the bottle in the other..anyway if it is unusually weak you can add nutrical to this..a little placed on the roof of the mouth to be sucked down.will do wonders in bringing them around..keep them warm but not too much so...you need to see a vet for if the mama was not wormed the pup could have a belly full of round worms as well..let us know how everything turns out.
Here is a great article for you
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1651&articleid=887
I just wanted to bold out the part where it states by professional Vet's that pups can start being weaned at 3 1/2 weeks.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1651&articleid=887
I just wanted to bold out the part where it states by professional Vet's that pups can start being weaned at 3 1/2 weeks.