is milk safe for a 3or4 month old puppy?

Answer 1

only give goats milk not cows milk

Answer 2

All things in moderation. NOT all dogs get diarrhea from it. There is no blanket statement for ALL dogs on here. I'm telling my Gael she shouldn't be alive for all the goat milk she consumed - and some cow milk too.
When I got her she was 4 weeks old - IMO too young to be weaned. I had reserved her and if I didn't take her someone else did. I took her home and put her on all the goat milk and high protein dog food she wanted twice a day. She grew up happy and healthy and is 11 years old now. She's never been sick or diseased or had ANY health problems from being on milk from the time I got her until she was over 6 months old. As a matter of fact she's in such good shape that vets have not been able to figure her age and none think she's as old as she is.
I'd hate to think what might or might not have happened to her if not for having milk. It was the only thing that kept her growing to be the size she is, still small for her breed. She got more than most and never had diarrhea from it or constipation nor was she lactose intolerant.
EACH DOG IS AN INDIVIDUAL. A small amount of milk is safe - if he/she gets upset at it lower the amount. I've never had a problem feeding dairy despite all the "warnings" of the evils of it.

Answer 3

i would not give it much if you want it to have milk you can go get a formula from a pet store, but really a 3 or 4 m old should be fine with water by now. if it is just as a treat i suggest using milk-bone treats, they offer a time to bond a actually hand the food to the dog.

Answer 4

Dogs are lactose intolerant. Do not give them cows milk. At over 12 weeks of age your puppy doesn't need milk anymore and is weened. Just soften her food so she can chew it easily. It's always better to mix your dogs food in water because the dry food will cause dehydration because it sucks water from the system in order to digest it.

Answer 5

From the delivery and to the end of sucking period the puppy's development mainly depends on proper feeding of the lactating *****, especially in the first two weeks. This is the time, when the mother's milk is the only food for newborn puppies.

In the FIRST WEEK puppies suck not less than 12 times a day. And during the second week - eight times, past three weeks - six times a day and before weaning - 4 to 5 times a day. If the litter is as usual and consists of 3 - 6 puppies and the dam has enough milk the supplement feeding should be started when puppies are 2 weeks old. If the litter is bigger (10 to 12 cubs) or mother produces less milk, the supplement feeding should be started when the pups are one week old.

If puppies slip quietly, they are satisfied. When hungry they worry, crawl around and whimper. Put puppies with slower development under the hind nipples, since they are milkier.

Start supplement feeding with milk. The milk must be fresh and whole, warmed to 27 - 30 C. The best is the goat's milk or the sheep's since the composition is close to the dog's.

To make the cow's milk similar to the dam's, put 1 raw egg per 0.5 - 1 liter.

Use the ordinary bottle with the nipple. Later, when puppies can see, teach them to drink (i.e. to lap). To do this, pour milk into a flat plate and poke the puppy's muzzle carefully into the dish. After two or three tries the pup will learn to drink himself. Since that time you may put small pieces of white bread in milk, or add weak milk porridges made of semolina or oat flour, mixed with 1 hen's egg per 5 or 6 puppies.

The daily amount of milk for one puppy is less than one glass in the first week, the full glass in the second week, 2 - 3 glasses in the third and the fourth weeks.

Since the SECOND WEEK it is good to give fresh uncooked minced meat. In the first days 15 - 20 g a day would be enough. Then gradually enlarge the portion so that that at the age of 3 weeks the puppy would get 40-50 g of meat, and at the age of 4 weeks - about 100 g a day. You should give meat supplement 3 or 4 times a day in equal portions after the pups ate the mother's milk.

Since the THIRD WEEK puppies need the complex supplement consisting of meat, milk, porridges and other supple food. You can cook rice-water and weak milky semolina. Start giving broths and porridges with 30-50 g portions and enlarge to 200-250 g a day. Divide the supplement in 3 or 4 daily doses.

In the third week the puppies should have drinking water several times a day even if they still get milk. The dish made of clay is the best especially since it is non-allergenic. Change water several times a day and wash the dish each day to remove slime.

Since 3.5 WEEKS include meat broth into the puppies' diet. Later on use it to cook the soup (do not add meat) and feed it 3 - 4 times a day.

To prevent RACHITIS you may give the CALCINED CURDS. The recipe is as follows: pour quickly 3 tablespoons of 10% calcium chloride into 1 liter of boiling milk and stir well. When the milk curdles, separate whey by putting curds in sieve, cool and give puppies under 1 month less than 20 g a day, from 1 to 3 months - less than 50 g a day. To make it more tasty add some whey to make the food fluid and a teaspoon of sugar. The rest whey feed to the dam.

As for VEGETABLES, they should be prepared in the following way: cut carrots, beet, turnip, pumpkin or other vegetables into small bricks, add some water and stew at small fire till vegetables are soft. When they are ready, add 2 - 3 table-spoons of cream or sour cream, stew another 15 minutes and rub through a sieve till the mass is pappy. The size of daily portion depends on the puppies' age is between 50 and 150 g.

EGGS are better in the form of omelet (2 eggs per 1 cup of milk) every second day.

Twice a week it is recommended to give puppies FISH FARCE. Boil the sea fish till ready and mince it together with bones. Add some broth, stir and give 30 - 50 g during a day.

At ONE MONTH after birth the puppies should be admitted to the dam only 3 - 4 times a day. In the intervals between feedings give 4 to 5 portions of supplement consisting of the whole milk mixed with a little of crumbled white bread, oats or rice soup and minced meat (boiled and fresh together). By the age of weaning there should be 6 feedings a day.

The WEANING should be made after 6 - 7 weeks and to be in progress during 5 days in which the period of nursing to be gradually reduced. By this age the puppies must be accustomed to the ordinary dog's food and know how to eat on their own.

Puppies and juvenile dogs of every age need (per 1 kg of bodyweight):
Proteins - 9 g
Fats - 2.6 g
Starch and sugar - 14 g
Cellulose - 1.5 g
Calcium - 528 mg
Phosphorus - 440 mg
Vitamin A - 0.2 mg
Vitamin D - 0.020 mg
Vitamin E - 2.2 m

Just had a litter of 8

Answer 6

NO NO NO It will cause diarrhea! It's not life threatening but you will have a mess to clean up! You should never give an animal the milk from another animal. I am a veterinary technician in an animal hospital.

Answer 7

Cow's milk is not advisable for any puppy. If you feel it needs to have milk, get soy milk. They sell powdered soy milk for puppies at vet stores, which is more digestible and won't cause any stomach problems, like intolerance to lactose.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

NO! Milk makes dogs constipated. Only goat milk is good for dogs.

Answer 10

It is safe, but if your trying to replace the mothers milk, my vet said to give baby formula. It is suppose to be better for them.