May 24, 2011

Between the Verve and Embark, which would you start puppies out on after weaning with the milk formula and hamburger? Or, would you simply start them on the Embark with a little of the formula?

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Hello Cindy,

A quick question for you. Between the Verve and Embark, which would you start puppies out on after weaning with the milk formula and hamburger? Or,....would you simply start them on the Embark with a little of the formula? The litter is now 3 weeks old. By the way, I tried your formula for the first time today because I felt that the litter should be gaining better that they are (it was a litter of 10, lost 1) most of them weigh in at 2.2lbs - 2.4lbs and a couple at 2.6. I can't remember the one larger litter we had a few years back, if that is normal for this age. None of them will use the bottle but will definitely use the saucer or my hand to drink from (no hesitation at all with the formula) so I know they are very close to weaning. Thank you for your time and all the information you have on your site. I have listened to people talk down about Leerburg for years and have always came back to your site for more and more information. It always just seems to "fit." Maybe they are just jealous.

By the way, I wish we had known about this formula for our last litter, it would have been so much better for them and us as we had to bottle feed and still lost all but one out of 7. I think we could have saved more had we known about this formula.

Regards,
Terry
Cindy
Cindy Cindy's Answer:
I don’t feed Honest Kitchen exclusively to any of our dogs, its part of a varied diet that they get. If I had to pick the formula to feed exclusively I would go with Embark or Force because I do not feed grain to my own dogs.

I wean onto formula and hamburger and don’t start adding multi ingredient foods until the pups are 7 weeks or so. I may start them on chicken backs or breast (bone in) or let them chew on some pork or beef ribs but I don’t add veggies or any of that until they are much older (to prevent food allergies).

Our puppies start weaning around 3-4 weeks old but continue to nurse for several weeks. Until they are not nursing at all, I don’t get in a rush to feed them “dog” food. I merely supplement them so mom isn’t bearing all the burden.

Cindy

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