I have a 6 week old puppy and he will not eat at all. I have mixed some puppy food up with warm water, but he threw it back up. It's been two days and I can't take him to the vet until next week. So I was going to try to feed him with goat milk and bottle feed him until I'm able to get him the proper food. Can somebody help me? He is a mix breed Maltese with Yorkie and Chihuahua.
By Ms Dinkins from Columbus, OH
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It sounds as though he wasn't completely weaned when he was separated from his mum. (Also, in those breeds, their stomachs are very small so he likely threw up because he overloaded his tummy.) The smaller canine breeds shouldn't be weaned un-naturally, Mum should do the weaning, and it usually isn't until a small breed puppy is about 8-12 weeks that the job is successfully accomplished.
How's the goat milk working out? You can buy milk replacement powder at most groceries with a good pet aisle, also I've seen it in WalMart, and of course PetsMart.
You can try moistening puppy kibble in very small amounts with the reconstituted milk replacement to get him eating 'real' food, but make sure to supervise his eating-dogs, gotta love them, but they will eat far beyond the signals from their brain that the tummy is full.
If he throws up again immediately after eating, clean him up and then offer him a much smaller amount of food right away because the act of throwing up will have completely emptied his stomach.
Good luck, and please update us so we know he is ok!
I've been training and breeding dogs and service dogs for more than 30 years professionally and I can't stress enough how important it is not to give a dog or puppy any kind of milk other than puppy milk substitute from either your vet or some pet shops have it milk with lactose in it is absolutely a horrible idea to give any dog or puppy all dogs not some but all dogs are lactose intolerant and you are absolutely give them diarrhea they'll feel absolutely horrible and is just bottom line the bad thing to do hopefully this is what you were suggesting it wasn't exactly clear but to anyone reading this in the future do not give your puppy or dogs anything that has lactose in it that completely eliminates cow's milk for most things you get from a lot of nonew pet stores
Hi!
I am concerned your little puppy may be sick. I would get him to a vet asap, don't wait till next week. Good luck, I hope I am wrong.
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