Newborn Puppy
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Below are some tips on how to take care of a newborn puppy from wikiHow.
- Prepare a puppy nest a week before the litter is due, and get the mother accustomed to it.
- Amount of room needed for the puppy nest varies by breed.
- Weigh the newborns (on a postal scale) every day for the first 3 weeks.
- If you have to bottle feed– do not use cow’s milk.
- Use a newborn human bottle/nipple, unless the puppy is very tiny indeed.
- As the puppy grows older and his stomach gets bigger, you can start spacing the feedings farther apart.
- Start adding solid food by adding a little baby cereal to their bottles and using a nipple with a larger hole.
- By the 4th week, mix the milk, cereal, and baby meat like a thin pudding and pour it into a small dish.
- Baby puppies sleep day and night and are only awake for short periods around their feeding times.
- It is not necessary to wash infant puppies, but it is necessary to wipe their rears with a damp washcloth after every meal.
- Feed puppies as much food as they will eat.
- Feed puppies as much food as they will eat.
- Cleanliness requirements.
- Exercise requirements.
- Human/canine interaction requirements.
- Immunization requirements.
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