- FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS -
New Puppies must treated as babies!!! you may have to try different things to get him to eat at first, since he may be nervous about his new surroundings. The most important thing is the he must eat and eat enough to keep his system stable while he is getting used to his new home. If your puppy is not eating for whatever reason, call your Vet immediately! If the puppy eating the dry food well, the other supplement may not be needed. We sometimes grind up some of the dry food in a blender and offer it, in powdered form, instead of the canned food. Most puppies like it and will eat it well. Food and water should be made available to him at all times so he can eat and drink whenever he wants to whether he is on the crate or out in the floor playing.
* Extra small puppies or puppies that are ill should be fed premium grade can food (We recommended Hill's Science Diet A/D) with puppy milk formula (Esbilac powder or something similar) and high calorie supplement (NUTRI-CAL). This will assure your puppy of being well nourished through the stress period and can make the difference of life or death. Other good supplement to his diet are cottage cheese and yogurt (any flavor without fruit.) Mix one small scoop or one teaspoonful if the Esbilax powder into the canned food with only enough water to made it mix. Give Nutri-Cal (Even Caro syrups) morning and at bedtime (about 1cc or 1/2 on out of the tube). Call us if you need advise, we may be able to help or call your Vet immediately!!!
Never give a puppy people food. It will most likely cause stomach upset or a stomach infection which can be deadly. We recommend keeping the puppy on the diet we send home with it. However, should you at some point need to change the food follow these instruction. Mix the old food with the new food about half and half for about a week to allow this stomach to adjust to the new food gradually. Then reduce the amount of old food little each day until you have him completely on the new food. Should he have stomach problems with the new food, gradually put him back on the old again in the same manner. Abrupt changes in the diet can cause upset stomach and diarrhea. If this happens you will have to treat the symptoms.
Good Luck with your new puppy !!!
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