Things to note when weaning puppies:

1. Generally, dogs can be completely weaned by the age of 2 months, at which time the dog’s teeth have basically grown. Yes, owners can use puppy dog ​​food instead of breastfeeding. Puppies cannot fully adapt to dog food at first. You can add dog food appropriately to the milk powder the dog drinks so that the dog can slowly accept the dog food. For milk powder, you can choose pet milk powder specifically for dogs. Do not choose milk that may cause diarrhea and dehydration in dogs.

2. The puppy’s early childhood is the time when the dog’s body is growing. The best food for puppies is food with high protein and calcium content. Do not choose spicy and heavy-flavored food, such as beef, chicken, etc. Foods with high fat content are also not suitable for dogs. When choosing meat, it is best to choose cooked meat. Do not feed raw meat to puppies.

3. Feeding puppies should be nutritious and balanced. Don’t just choose one or two kinds of food that dogs like to eat. You should choose comprehensively to prevent dogs from being picky eaters when they grow up.

4. The owner needs to feed the dog regularly and quantitatively every day. Do not give the puppy too many snacks, and do not replace the dog’s main meal with snacks. This may easily cause the dog to be undernourished. , became seriously picky about food when he grew up.

Methods for weaning puppies:

1. Provide puppy food to puppies gradually. You can start to provide puppy food when the dog is three weeks old. Do not let the puppy be completely weaned at once. The puppy food provided at the beginning accounts for about one-tenth of the daily calorie intake. As puppies adapt to eating puppy food, they will slowly wean off their mother's milk.

2. In the next two or three weeks, gradually increase the amount of puppy food, and the puppy will gradually reduce the amount of milk it eats. When puppies eat slowly independently, you cannot forcefully speed up the weaning process. Doing so will lead to malnutrition in the puppies. It is best to let them continue to eat breast milk and slow down the weaning process.

3. When the puppies eat puppy food, let the mother dog leave, and start to separate the puppies and the mother dog for an hour, two to three times a day. Taking the mother dog to the yard or another part of the house and keeping the puppies with the dog food also simulates the weaning process in the wild.