April 21, 2011
My GSD just had 11 pups and I have a few questions.
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Hi,My GSD has just had 11 pups, I was wondering what is the best food she can have to keep her strength up and to make sure she is producing enough milk for them. Also quite a silly question, how will she know which pups have fed and which haven't, as she only has 8 teats?
Many thanks,
Rebecca
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We feed a raw all-natural diet.
Give your mother 2 cans of chicken broth every day – you can mix it with one can of water – the more liquids she drinks the more milk she makes. The more milk she has the more she will want to be with her pups.
We weight our pups 2 times a day with a gram scale (we also sell these scales) We make the pups with colored yarn – record the weights. We then go into the pups a number of times a day and every time we put the smallest pups on a tit. This is the only way you can do this.
Regards,
Ed Frawley
Give your mother 2 cans of chicken broth every day – you can mix it with one can of water – the more liquids she drinks the more milk she makes. The more milk she has the more she will want to be with her pups.
We weight our pups 2 times a day with a gram scale (we also sell these scales) We make the pups with colored yarn – record the weights. We then go into the pups a number of times a day and every time we put the smallest pups on a tit. This is the only way you can do this.
Regards,
Ed Frawley
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