Now that they have reached the grand age of 3 weeks, weaning commences. Such a huge milestone in their little lives and marks the transition of them maturing and becoming more independent.
They have been fed puppy food (Fish4Dogs) which has been soaked in hot water, blended with a little goats milk added. We begin by having quite a liquid consistency and gradually make it thicker until the pups are then able to eat the dry food. Feeding from a bowl is such a big skill to learn, as you'll see from the pictures and is so similar to weaning babies. All they want to do is play in the food to begin with!
We start them off just having a taste of the food, gradually increasing the amounts and adding another feed until they're on four feeds a day. To begin with they have their food in a small shallow bowl that they all share, it's more about the experience to begin with, and with an inquisitive nature the pups want to see what the others are doing. As they become more accustomed to food times individual bowls will be added to ensure that they all get their allocated amount.
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| What on earth is that! |
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| Curiosity gets the better of them |
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| Rather nice, lets share nicely |
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| You lick it off my ear, & I'm lick it off your nose! |
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| Looking rather pleased with themselves, and rather messy! |
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| Always rely on mum to clean up, and have a bit of milk whilst she's busy. |
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| Whilst the human mum tidies the box up and changes our bed, now time for a snooze |
Those pics are amazing. That's a wonderful record of the pups' early lives you've built up. And a while to go yet.
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