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I have a litter (small breed) Just over 3.5 weeks old. I have been trying to wean them now for a good few days now, trying twice a day before they feed off mum, using Royal canin puppy complete made in to a slop, with boiling water, have also given scrambled eggs, have had the odd lick off my hand from a couple, but most won't even try it. I have been looking at hills puppy wet food has anybody used this or any other wet food to wean? A couple today have not gained a thing since being weighed last night and mum really doesn't want to know anymore, but will still feed, I have a tin of pedigree chum I have found just the meat loaf one(but not puppy), was thinking about trying this on next feed later on tonight or should I wait until tomorrow when I can get a wet puppy meat. What else could i try? Help and advice needed.
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Scrape a piece of raw beef with a knife and give them that.
Raw beef - What would be the best cut to use? I will pop out tomorrow
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Anything you've got in the freezer will do. I start with a small piece of steak.

Have you actually popped food into their mouths? Sometimes all that's needed is to get a bit in so then they realise it is actually nice. I always start with mince and move onto dog food after that.
Marianne. Dogs are not our whole lives, there are cats too!
Hi MarianneB, No i haven't done that, what a twit i am!
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I mixed raw minced beed ( frozen stuff from tesco) through the slop and they loved it. Took each one and gave them a taste from my finger. By the time i had got onto the 4th pup the one who'd had a taste went in the bowls
themself

I always pop it into the mouth of each pup individually or if it is the puppy food then from the tip of a small teaspoon.
Barbara and the Grey Curly Tails.
I weaned my pups on naturediet very successfully from 2 1/2 weeks, can mix with welpi or water they liked it warm and very sloppy then gradually reduced the liquid
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I normally start with minced beef and place small amounts in their mouth....they love it!! I then introduce Royal canin babydog, making it nice and sloppy with the RC milk.
Good Luck

I scoop it onto the end of my little finger and they tend to suck it into their mouths like a teat, then their away licking off a plate.
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.

My breed can be very difficult to wean ... infact my recent litter were still being spoon fed (literally as you would a human baby) until they were around 6 weeks old, when suddenly they decided one day they would eat it off the plate unaided... prior to this if I had just left the plate down for them to help themselves, they would have had a sniff of it, walk through it and then promptly gone back to bed LOL.
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