My female just gave birth to 10 puppies, she is not wanting to eat much, she had the puppies yesterday, I'm afraid she is not going to be able to keep her milk up if she doesnt eat enough. I'm not sure if its the raw diet that she doesnt want or if she doesnt want anything. Any suggustions on food to give her to try? She acts like she's hungry but for what I don't know.
I am NOT a new-mother dog person but I know other folks will chime in. Have you tried adding anything yummy on top of the meat? Sardines alwasys gets Falcon's appetite up.
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Start baiting her water with stock - chicken, beef, whatever. I always prefer homemade - if you use canned make sure it is no/very low sodium.
Some females don't eat right after birthing - heck I didn't eat for like 5 days after having 1 son - let alone a litter of 10.
Congrats on the little rug rats!
I know that you have been a member of the forum for a while so I am sure you know where the articles are on the site - just give the whelping q and a's a quick review and everything will come back to you. It can all be really overwhelming and sometimes things just fly right out of our heads!
thanks for the replies, I did get her to eat, the only thing she would eat is my sirloin steak in the fridge, I cut it up like beef stew meat and she chowed it down. figures. This is my first litter and I am so worried about everything. Some say let nature take its course and some say help the mother out. There are 3 pups that are quite a bit weaker, and I have been in there every 2 hours making sure they get fed. Seems they are stronger than yesterday. Problem with that is where I work dont seem to understand. What do some of you do? Stand over them, or let nature? I dont know if its lack of sleep or what but everything seems overwhelming to me right now. Thanks again
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No one can tell you what you should do about nature vs nurture question - but with the 2 litters I watched, and I know a 3 other breeders that do this - they let nature take its course.
If I ever breed a litter, my plan is to let nature take its course - of course that plan may change when I am in the situation.
Good luck with the pups - and get a friend to come over and help you out. A good friend who the female trusts should be able to give you some piece of mind enough to sleep and relax a little.
There is a couple of things this experience has taught me. 1 is I have a whole different appreciation for the knowledge, time and skill good breeders put into there work. I will try to put some pictures on when I can.
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