Puppy’s eating habits and activity patterns
From the perspective of care and people’s habits in some places, the weaning period of dogs is often called the full moon. Note that the full moon mentioned here does not refer to exactly one month after birth, but refers to the time from birth until the puppy can walk smoothly, eat completely and be weaned. The full moon mentioned below is understood in sequence. The full moon time of different dogs varies greatly, usually between 1 month and 2 months.
Twelve days after the puppy is born, its eyes have not yet opened, its limbs are weak, and it is basically next to the place where the mother dog was born. During this period, the dog is completely dependent on its mother for care and relies on its instinct to find its mother's milk. During this period, the babies need to eat and sleep well, so it is necessary to create a quiet environment for them, and to provide the mother dog with nutrition to provide sufficient milk.
Some dog mothers will abandon their puppies and completely ignore them. When encountering this situation, you must discover it in time to avoid death from hunger and cold. It is best to find another lactating dog mother to take care of it. Breast milk nutrition can also sterilize, and artificial feeding with pure milk powder can easily cause diarrhea. Dog mothers can generally recognize their children by color and taste and will reject them. To prevent this, it is best to dye the stepmother's children and abandoned children with food coloring to a uniform color and spray them with wine.
Free-ranging female dogs have a certain degree of wildness. During the first three days after the puppies are born, it is best not to interfere with the female dogs and do not touch the puppies with your hands. Otherwise, the female dogs may hide the puppies or Abandoned puppies.
Most types of puppies will basically open their eyes between 12 and 14 days after birth. Some types of dogs may open their eyes earlier or later. Dogs are like many animals. After opening their eyes to see the world, dogs often instinctively think that the first thing they see is their mother. Therefore, in order to get along well with people in the future, it is best for people to appear in front of the puppy more during this period. If there is a family with children, and the children like to play with dogs, then it is necessary to cultivate the relationship between the dogs and children from this period.
In the second and third weeks after the puppy is born, the bones of the limbs begin to slowly harden, and the strength of the limbs gradually increases. It is still unable to walk and mainly crawls. During this period, puppies still mainly need to sleep enough to eat and sleep after eating enough. But it also needs appropriate activities, so it is best to provide it with a quiet sleeping environment and a certain amount of space for activities.
In the third to fourth weeks after birth, the puppy begins to learn to walk and is already able to walk, but with a hobble. During this period, the puppy begins to follow its mother, but cannot keep up. If it is a free-range dog, it is necessary to prevent the puppy from getting lost. It is best to put a bell on the puppy; in addition, the puppy also begins to be interested in food. If you are interested, when feeding the mother dog, it is best to place it next to the doghouse, so that the puppies can learn from the mother dog to eat and lure them to eat. The puppy is beginning to have a long memory. It is also time to name the puppy and start a training plan at this time.
If the nutrition is good, after the fourth week, the puppy will be able to walk relatively smoothly, but it will not be able to run yet. Start preparing for weaning and feeding. By the fifth week, the puppies can walk completely smoothly, trot, and have enough food. It’s time to completely wean them off and let them be independent! If the bitch has enough milk and is not ready to raise another litter of puppies, you can let nature take its own course and let the bitch wean itself without manual intervention.