Queen Bitch Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 A girl on another forum I go to says she just got a puppy that is 18 days old! :o From a breeder :o :o I saw a picture and it doesn't look like it's that young. It isn't a "lump" like most pups look at that age. It looks like it is either a Min Pin or a Chi ( it fits on her hand) If it is actually that young, what care would she have to perform to ensure that it grows up well? What age do puppies elimination functions still need to be expresseed for them? ( That also might help nail down the age) Quote
Queen Bitch Posted March 8, 2004 Author Posted March 8, 2004 Well she said that she had brought it to the vet and the vet said it was in good shape. She did say that she was bringing it back every week to be checked up on. I highly doubt that the socalled breeder would take it back in any event, if they allowed it to leave that early in the first place. I do think that the puppy is older than it was stated as being. I am of course giving her as much advice as I can. So on that note, any advice for raising an "abandoned" puppy so it can be as normal as possible? Quote
Queen Bitch Posted March 8, 2004 Author Posted March 8, 2004 Thanks for the input SRC and I totally agree with you Newfiemom, but I don't think there is any other option in this case so I want to give her the best advice for the situation, even if it isn't the best situation. Since she is going to keep the pup , I want to try to give her the best advice possible for raising it into the best dog it can be. She's already said that she will be taking it into the vet for weekly checkups, so I do think there is hope for her doing other extra things for the pup as well. I fear that even if it did go back to the "breeder" that it would be gone the next day to someone who wouldn't bother with the weekly visits to the vet, much less anything else. So in addition to recomending a behaviourist, what else can I tell her to do? I still think and HOPE that there was miscommunication about the age, it looked older than 18 days in the picture. Quote
Queen Bitch Posted March 8, 2004 Author Posted March 8, 2004 Turns out the pup is 4 weeks, a little better than 2, but not by much. This girl is in Los Angeles ( I'm in northern Minnesota, I just know her through the board.) so the authorites there probably will care. The vet "prescribed" a formula and I guess she's taking to it well. I'm giving her a bunch of links to various things, including the ASPCA, AKC, and MinPin Club of America and encouraging her to register complaints with them all. I'm also going to tell her to check out the advice here and any other thing I can possibly think of. Quote
imported_Cassie Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Turns out the pup is 4 weeks, a little better than 2, but not by much In most kennels, puppies get the first taste of food other than Mom Quote
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