Went to the pet store yesterday and bought some Burns Mini Bites puppy kibble.
This morning started the official weaning process ! The idea is within 2 weeks we start limiting the amount of time that Jess is feeding the pups and then the following week stopping altogether so her milk is able to dry up in time for all the pups leaving. Plus they're getting quite big now and are developing a real appetite so to keep Jess as the sole provider for much long would really put a toll on her.
Each pup got 30g (1oz) of chicken mince this morning - it took them all of about 1/4 second to realise there was some real food in front of their nose before they devoured it !! It was so cute to watch, their little bodies were trembling with excitement. As they were eating it off our hands we realised that there was definitely some teeth coming through - poor Jess.
The plan is to ease them in - 2 meals a day today and tomorrow, then 3 meals a day for 3 days then by next Monday we'll be on to 4 meals a day. The amounts we will be feeding them will be approx 1oz - 1 1/4oz per week of age each day - so at 4 weeks they will each be getting around 130g divided into 4 meals.
Next week we'll start to add some puppy biscuit to their meals, then from about 5.5 weeks start introducing some bones (chicken wings, chicken backs).
I guess now it will start to get a lot harder for us - 4 feeds a day and cleaning up after them as Jess will soon stop doing that :( All great fun though ! :-)
Costs : Burns food (7.5kg bag) £24
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