My Dog Diary

I believe all of us know the benefits of breast milk. For human, breast milk is always the first choice for babies.

Well same thing applies to dogs. That’s one of the reasons that puppies should be kept with the mother for the first few weeks – generally a good breeder would recommend around six weeks – for the puppies to get sufficient nutrients from the mother’s milk.

When Gobi came, she got sufficient milk from the mother, as I still remember the breeder told me to leave her there for another week cause the mother has plenty of milk. However, when Xiao Bi came, she told me that the mother was a bit reluctant to feed that batch of puppies (which include Xiao Bi), probably they were teething earlier. So I have been under the impression that Xiao Bi didn’t get as much milk from the mother as Gobi.

Recently though, I have found for her a source for this best food from nature. Well I was a bit reluctant at first, but someone in the family fed her behind me for a couple of weeks until they finally revealed one day! @.@

Xiao Bi likes it very much. It’s like her must-have tea time treat. Before this, it has always been difficult for me to drag her into her garden territory after her afternoon break in the garden. But with this, she never fail to voluntarily enter the garden. All I need to do is to show her the bowl and she is all set to go in.

Now I only need to hope that I can always have sufficient supply until Xiao Bi is tame enough to follow instructions. She is actually sharing the breast milk with my little niece! :D

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