My female does not seem to want to regurgitate food for her pups. I do not know when I can start to offer them food. Do you have any advise?

Sir,

I have looked all over the forum board I found connected to your site but have been unable to find an answer I need. I hope you don't mind that I contacted you directly. I really don't want to mess up my litter of puppies.

Our litter is 2 weeks old now and I don't know at what age I am supposed to start offering them food. I know that naturally the female will regurgitate for the pups, but so far my girl doesn't look like she is even considering doing that. She has nine puppies, is that maybe to many for her to feed by herself? The momma is doing wonderful in every other respect, cleaning up after the pups, nursing on a regular basis, etc. She already has them crawling off the bedding material to relieve themselves on the papers in the area! I'm just ecstatic. I don't want to mess them up by offering "non-mom" supplied food to early. Any advise you can offer will be greatfully welcomed.

On a side note I have been reading the articles about BARF that I've come across on the board and I must admit that sounds very very interesting. Is there any food that a dog shouldn't get? Other than baking chocolate of course. I had thought of giving my girl yogurt for the bacteria but I didn't want to try it while she was pregnant. I know it's good for me...

Your dogs sure are beautiful and I am hoping you can give this novice some tips.

Thank you,
Margaret