November 12th
November 12th
Gabby gets to finish up what the pups don't eat. Sometimes she lets them eat with her, other times she lets them know the ranking order, and pushes them away.
Im not going to tell you its the best food. Im not going to tell you what you can and can not feed your puppy. Everyone has to look at what good grade of balanced
dog food they can get a good fresh source of. You may not have this brand in a convenient location. You may have a brand that works great with your dog that I
can't get where I live. If you buy the cheapest food at the grocery store, change foods with every sale coupon that comes out..... your pets coat, nails, skin, muscle tone and general activity level will reflect this. You have to feed a good grade of balanced dog food. Look at the first few ingredients. You should have some kind of meat for the first ingredient. You know what happens when you eat corn on the cob... well, dogs don't digest corn any better than we do! Corn is used as a filler, you don't want to see that as the first ingredient.
You can look at the first four ingredients.
Big Red Dogfood: Ground Yellow Corn, Corn Gluten Feed, Meat and Bone Meal, Soybean Meal.
Compared to to these higher quality foods:
Premium Edge Large Breed Lamb & Rice Formula: Lamb, Lamb Meal, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Rice Flour.
Which would you rather eat?
Kibbles 'N Bits: Ground Yellow Corn, Soy Flour, Meat And Bone Meal, Soybean Meal.
Premium Edge Chicken & Rice Puppy Formula: Chicken, Chicken Meal, Rice Flour, Oatmeal.
INNOVA Puppy: Turkey, Chicken, Ground Barley, Chicken Meal
Nutro: Natural Choice Puppy Lamb Meal And Rice Formula: Lamb Meal, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Dried Whole Eggs
Eukanuba Puppy: Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Corn, Rice Flour
This is the set up so Gabby can get away from the pups if she wishes. Its an X-pen turned upside-down so the door opening is higher than it normally would be.
She can easily jump in, but the pups can not climb in. (yet!)
On to week 6 (starts November 13th)
Puppies born 10/8/2001 ~ 10/9/2001
4 black girls, 3 liver girls, 2 black boys, 2 liver boys.