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Usually around 8 to 12 weeks, or after they're weaned. Always start out with a good brand of puppy chow because that's when they need their nutrition the most for their critical development stages.
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- I must disagree with the above answer. In raising the Great Pyrenees pups which are very fast growing puppies I started them on mushy, milk-canned dog food mixture the day they opened their eyes which is usually 10 days. Doing this by 14 days I had them eating slightly moistened dry dog food and by three weeks they were completely eating the dry food I left available for momma dog.
- I do agree with the good dog food mentioned above. To find a good dog food read the list of ingredients on the bag and if there is "wheat middlings, beet pulp, rice hulls, or corn husks" listed in the first 5 ingredients that will be 90% of what is in that bag and it is of no food value only a filler to make the dog feel full and does nothing but make a lot of feces to clean up. Find one that has meat of some kind, beef, chicken or lamb in the 1st ingredient and then meat by products 2nd, a grain, corn, soybean 3rd, veggies of some kind brewers rice - topheracals. If there is no mention of the fillers listed above it will be a pretty good food. Working dogs or growing puppies need more fat in the food than adult dogs or couch potatoes so look at that as well. Dry dog food is usually much better than canned although I put a tablespoon of canned on my dogs just for better flavor. I say start them at 4 weeks with mushy dog food or canned food.
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∙ 15y agochihauhau puppies should eat a little at 3 or 4 weeks old. I put baby food with puppy food ground up to get them started eating
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∙ 14y agoNo Because There Teeth Are Very Soft And Feed Them Porridge Plus Puppy Milk And When Their A Dog They Eat Solid Food
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When can the puppy eat soft solid food?
puppies can eat solid food around 8-12 weeks after they are weaned
How do dogs feed their puppies?
For the first few weeks, puppies are nursed on milk produced by the mother dog. As the pups develop they need to start transitioning to solid food. If assistance from the breeder is not available to produce gruel for the puppies to eat, the mother dog will eat and partially digest food which she then vomits for the puppies to eat. This sustains the puppies while they practice eating solid food until they are able to digest it themselves.
How old are Boston terrier puppies when they can eat solid food?
By 4 to 5 weeks.Usually when all teeth are in.
How old shih tzu puppies eat solid food?
They can start eating solid (usually kind of soupy) foods around 3 1/2 weeks.
When do zu puppies eat solid food?
about 8-12 weeks normally, sometime seven starting on 4/5 weeks
Do puppies eat wild food?
no
When can puppies eat puppies food?
Until they are about 6 months of age, then they can go onto adult food.
Can puppies eat baby cereal?
no they eat puppy food
What do puppies eat at the movies?
Dog food!
What age should your puppies be to eat food?
they could eat food at 6 weeks or older
When can puppies eat solid food?
Puppies are the same as kittens. They need to eat lots. I think they need to eat a tiny bit more than dogs because puppies need to grow. No, that doesn't mean starve your puppy if you want it to stay a puppy, it needs to eat and whether it eats or not, it will grow. Its just puppies need to grow. Just leave a bowl of puppy food out and put the puppy in front of it until it learns that the spot is where the food bowl is. Dogs, they eat when they want. They shouldn't eat as much as puppies though cause then they could end up getting fat. =3 Woof
Is dog food bad for puppies?
Standard dog food would be difficult for puppies to eat and digest but it is not 'bad' for them in the sense that it is poison.
