Puppies are eating dry food without teeth... ?

I asked this question not too long ago, but I had to add soooo many more details that I thought I would try again so I can be clearer. I have 5 week old shih tzu pups. They are a small toy breed and it is not abnormal for them to just now be starting to get teeth. They just started to break through yesterday although not enough to be chewing solid food. However, today they made it to the kitchen where the dry solid food is and started to eat it. I prepare moistened dry food for them and have been for a week, per vet. They weren't taking to the moistened grohl so I asked my vet and he said to keep mom away. Mom wants to keep nursing but I try to keep her away during the day and let her nurse only at night. Vet also said, canned food is a spoiler and adds an extra, unneeded weining process. I just need to know if it is OK that the pups like the solid food better then the moisented? They aren't choking so I assume so. Please, anyone who actually knows answer this question! No guesses, TY!

Puppies are eating dry food without teeth... ?
I've got to say, you sure know how to ask the same question a million different ways!





I replied to you in your last two posts. Your vet is right. What I said to you is right. It's honeslty ok that they little guys are eating solid food, BUT, you don't want them injuring their little mouths and going off food completely, or worse, getting an infection.





Keep doing what you're doing. You're doing a good job, just keep moistening the food and keep the crunchies for mom, only, for now.





Leave the crunchies up for mom, and put up a barracade or baby gate to seperate them for a few times during the day, that's when you put down the puppy food and the pups will start to feel a little fuller and not want mom so much. This help the weaning process, this is what your vet is telling you to do.





Good luck
Reply:Most likely if they're teeth are coming in they are just looking for something hard to chew on. You can help by giving them chew toys.





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Reply:The main thing I would worry about is them getting choked. If the chunks of dry food are very large, they must be swallowing them whole if they don't have teeth to chew with.





I don't know what you are feeding them, but if it's tiny little chunks %26amp; they're getting it down OK, I wouldn't worry.





If you want to get their interest in the wet food, try wetting it with puppy formula. That will help them anyway, since they are being whinned.





Good luck!
Reply:your vet is right about spoiling them on the wet food but you don't want to infect their gum when they chew on solid food. You may want to try and crush and moist the dry food before they eat it to make it easier on them.



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