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Broodbitch not eating
Grant Pask Australia (Verified User) Posts 49 Dogs 2 / Races 0 18 Feb 2019 08:05
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My broodbitch has arrived home after being separated from pups and eating minimal if at all..
Grant Dunphy Australia (Verified User) Posts 743 Dogs 4 / Races 1 18 Feb 2019 08:30
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Get a couple of supermarket bbq chooks-give her 1 each day whole. But if she had a ceasa check the stitches are out if they used them.
Grant Pask Australia (Verified User) Posts 49 Dogs 2 / Races 0 18 Feb 2019 08:39
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No ceaser, my wife hand fed her tonight and ate some mince , will try chook tomorrow thanks ..
Hayden Gilders Australia (Verified User) Posts 993 Dogs 29 / Races 0 18 Feb 2019 11:11
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hot meat pies (you know what i mean dont burn the mouth
Mark Wilcox Australia (Verified User) Posts 264 Dogs 1 / Races 0 18 Feb 2019 23:25
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try chicken necks if not roast lamb.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 18 Feb 2019 23:31
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How old are the pups ?
Grant Pask Australia (Verified User) Posts 49 Dogs 2 / Races 0 18 Feb 2019 23:59
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Hi Carole ,the pups are 6 weeks old.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 19 Feb 2019 00:17
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Might have been a wee bit early, Grant ? Some bitches are more matronly than others, and she could be missing them, and also make sure that she doesn't have mastitis. Add some liver balls or bits of dried liver to her food, as most dogs can't resist it. Good luck. (PS I see we are almost neighbours, too.)
Steve Bennie Australia (Verified User) Posts 697 Dogs 11 / Races 2 19 Feb 2019 01:56
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Grant buy a small tin of sardines and mix bit with her feed they love it.
Sandro Bechini Australia (Verified User) Posts 19488 Dogs 15268 / Races 1856 19 Feb 2019 01:59
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STEVE BENNIE wrote:
Grant buy a small tin of sardines and mix bit with her feed they love it.
They love that.
Also a Charcoal Chicken, deboned, they eat like they have never seen food before
Jamie Quinlivian Australia (Verified User) Posts 8727 Dogs 10 / Races 0 19 Feb 2019 02:12
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I reckon the separation at 6 weeks is definitely the problem.
Grant Dunphy Australia (Verified User) Posts 743 Dogs 4 / Races 1 19 Feb 2019 02:18
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Yes agree 6 weeks is early.Sometimes it seems as though mum is tough or rough or even cruel to timid pups but usually mum is just giving them tough love.
Grant Pask Australia (Verified User) Posts 49 Dogs 2 / Races 0 19 Feb 2019 02:40
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Thanks guys , we thought she may be missing pups ,our welper is very good and said she'd had enough,will try all these things.
Jamie Quinlivian Australia (Verified User) Posts 8727 Dogs 10 / Races 0 19 Feb 2019 07:04
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I actually cant believe the bitch has been moved from the property. I understand the separation due to the pups being hard on the tits, but the broodie will still want to check on them. We have a 6 week old litter now. The brood stopped feeding a week ago and is back inside the house. But she will go out first thing every morning to count them. Then she goes through this stage of taking all her food out to them. For example, we just fed her some chicken frames and she went straight out to the pups and gave them all to them. Personally I think one of the most important parts of a pups early education comes from the broodie teaching them. Watching a good broodie go about her natural role is an inspiring piece of nature. I'm sure someone will tell me that Brett Lee was separated at 6 weeks but that is just the way I see it.
Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1955 Dogs 56 / Races 2 19 Feb 2019 20:26
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Sandro Bechini wrote:
Also a Charcoal Chicken, deboned, they eat like they have never seen food before
Yep nothing beats the BBQ chicken with picky eaters. Another option is cooking up a few sausages for her.
Jeanette Spruyt Australia (Verified User) Posts 246 Dogs 2 / Races 0 21 Feb 2019 12:51
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I agree with Jamie in regards to the education and the Mum. And a big thing for me was the pups assisting with mum and her milk drying up - it was a natural process that ensured mum would dry up with an easy process via the pups as they decreased the time with her. It is interesting to watch mum even when she would walk past her offspring as youngsters in their kennels and also the same as to how the pups would react to her - and more so in what style. If your pups are whelped else where, your obviously not going to have that opportunity but as you said the whelpers are experienced. Mum sounds like yeah, she needs that extra attention to get over the separation. Avoid the bad fats, and take into consideration what she is requiring health wise to help her get back to normal. As each stage of pregnancy for mum has different callings - before, during, just before and after - extra stages due to pups being around and also when pups are not feeding from her partly and also not feeding off her at all. If I was to get a bbq chicken, i would want one that wasn't stuffed as I worry about the onion factor. Maybe a bit over the top but that stuffing can be messy. Maybe try cooking chicken fillets(no bone worry,prob get the same quantity of meat too for same price- if not more) in some limited olive oil. Introduce some spinach next cook, and so on and just go from there. I researched a lot for the mum feeds, and next broodie - I would have to sit down and recap, so I can't offer recipes sorry as it would entail going through old data and time would defeat me unfortunately right now. n.b. before anyone asks, I was not a contestant on masterchef, but Jamie O, Curtis, Gordon, Poh and Maggie are coming around one night, maybe I can ask them if they have any tips! p.s. sounds like she's getting a lot of attention, so she can only pep back up real soon. p.s. And lots of extra smaller walks maybe and some extra car trips, who doesn't love going to the car - you could even take her into Bunnings to see some different people and see lots of different eye boggling stuff together. Pretty sure the dogs allowed rule is still current in Bunnings. All the best to all.
Jeanette Spruyt Australia (Verified User) Posts 246 Dogs 2 / Races 0 21 Feb 2019 13:23
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p.s. when mum gets narky she gets narky. So there does have to be a time depending on the situation when the visits have to stop. And as said before particular foods can help to assist with the drying up also - and probably more so the omission of a certain food group, from memory.
n.b. thinking about it a bit more. In a nutshell, after separation the next step should be letting the mum have visits only, not a complete shut off to mum - if that occurred? I can't even remember their ages with my litter, I would have to go back and look at notes. Obviously there are some variances with bitches and their " really over it now" times. Better go, All the best wishes.
Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1955 Dogs 56 / Races 2 22 Feb 2019 04:49
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It could be that she is missing her pups and is pining, but it could also be as simple as the whelper was spoiling her with all sorts of different foods just so she kept eating and producing milk for the pups. Now she's back in the kennels eating to a routine and she's pushing her luck.
If she is sick of her pups and getting cranky with them 6 weeks is plenty old enough.
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