Cow's milk – not the best choice for bringing up of puppies. It contains not enough nutrients for normal development of kids. But if there are no other options at all, it is possible to try to feed puppies with cow's milk /
The structure of cow's milk very much differs from dog. Besides, milk of a dog of mother changes depending on age of puppies. Therefore add various products for increase in nutritiousness to cow's milk. If at a dog the lactation remains, it is the best of all to add milk to it to food, to offer puppies after 6 weeks as having a snack between the main meals.
Newborn puppies
The first two days for puppies it is not so much important to receive many vitamins and minerals how many it is necessary to clean intestines from the meconium, a calla formed during development of the kid till his birth.
In the first day do not milk, vypaivat each two hours clear, boiled water with glucose addition. Solution prepare one for one, surely warming up up to the temperature of 38 degrees. Cold food breaks digestion at puppies.
Second day waters and glucose give to drink mix from milk, all products take in equal proportions. Feeding has to 12 times a day, approximately each two hours are carried out at least. It is obligatory to massage a tummy, otherwise the puppy will not be able to allocate digestion products.
From 2 to 14 days
For further feeding cook mix from egg, milk and cream. On a glass of cow's milk add 2 tablespoons of cream and one chicken or two quail eggs. Carefully mix that parts of egg white did not hammer a pacifier, warm up up to 38 degrees.
Add the medicines containing bifidobacteria, for example, bifidumbakterin to ready mix. The quantity is calculated considering the recommendations of the producer.
Glucose is added not daily, every other day, and only to one feeding. The number of feedings in day – still 12.
From 14 days to 6 weeks
Continue to give mix from egg, milk and cream. From 4 weeks offer puppies before feeding firm food – boiled egg, the low-fat crushed meat, porridges, welded on milk. In two weeks the puppies get used to similar food therefore dairy mix is given only weak, with small appetite. Offer the rest clean milk, without additives, not from a pacifier, and from a small bowl.
Feeding of times at three o'clock, food is also given to warmed up.
From 6 weeks to 3 months
After 6 weeks the puppies can quite eat independently firm food, at this age of special nutritional value cow's milk has no. It is possible to continue to milk as having a snack or to cook on it porridge.
Aged from 2.5 up to 3 months at the majority of puppies the digestion of lactose which contains in milk stops. In this case in a diet of dairy products the puppies react to contents indigestion. To continue to milk to such puppies dangerously, it can lead to serious violations of digestion, including gastritises. As substitute of milk it is possible to bring fermented milk products, cottage cheese, low-fat sour cream, kefir in a diet. These products are successfully digested even by adult dogs.
Of course, at an opportunity instead of cow's milk for bringing up of puppies it is better to choose special mixes. But at due consideration, observance of temperature condition and hygiene, feeding of puppies cow's milk takes place quite successfully.