For the 1st four weeks, the puppies are raised right in the middle of our family room. This way the puppies get used to regular household noises like the TV, vacuum, blender etc etc right from the start!
We worm the puppies at 3,5 and 7 weeks.....
We introduce puppies to puppy food around 4 weeks old. The first week it will largely be soaked puppy kibble (Earthborn Holistic) blended in the blender with a homemade puppy formula (plain yogurt, goats milk, etc.) Its very runny and makes a HUGE mess! But its fun to watch them dive in!! LITERALLY!
About the time the puppies start eating regular food, we move them into our puppy room - which is located right off of the family room. This room has a doggy door.... so we can teach the puppies to go outside to potty. Just like human babies.... once they start eating solid food.... they start getting a little stinky..... so I like it when they learn fast! Usually by 5 weeks old they are using the doggy door regularly!
As they get older we will start transitioning them to less and less mushy food... and add in chicken, veggies, etc.
We also introduce them to the older dogs and kitty...... we want them well socialized by the time they go to their new homes!
In the mornings we will take the puppies a few at a time and have them sit in our kitchen during the crazy morning routine of our family! I just want the babies to appreciate music too! (or at least not be frightened of the noise!!) :)
We will pick puppies at 7 weeks old. There are show puppies being kept from this litter so we have to wait until then to see their structure!
Around 7 weeks we start crate training the puppies at night. By 8 weeks they are usually all going 7 - 8 hours in the crate at night with NO accidents!! Yay!!
Our goal is to make the transition as easy as possible on the babies.... as well as their new families!!
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