Lisa is done with her babies

[fionasmom]

My question is, is okay for her to quit nursing cold turkey? Will it hurt her?

Last night I put her in with the puppies and there must have been some of their food left over. Well, Lisa attacked the puppies over the food. I can no longer trust her with them.

They are 7 weeks old now and have been eating grewl during the day for a week now.

I know this is not ideal but Lisa has a history of hurting her puppies so I can't take any chances. I'm really upset about this but I can't risk them getting hurt.

[Luvbean25]

At 7 weeks....she is done! I would pull her from the babies, and keep an eye on her teats. You may feel some hard pockets of milk and you will need to get a warm cloth and express them. You will also need to pull her food for 48 hrs. to get the body to stop producing milk. I like to use "bag balm" on my girls teats, keeps them soft and I think (what do I know) it gives them a soothing feeling. You can buy it at walgreens or walmart where the diaper creams and stuff are. It comes in a green tin can. If you can't find it ask the pharm. they will know what it is!

Kudo's for taking care of this girl when she needed it the most!

[Dana1658]

Yes ..Take her away from them immediatly especially with their history

At 7 weeks they can eat anything including dry food
At 7 weeks I would give them dry food soaked in warm water

[Newsie96]

Sounds like it's their time. That's around the time that Coley went cold turkey, too. Your puppies are growing up. Congrats! Umm, pictures?

[SmugPugs]

It won't hurt them a bit... Pups can be weaned as early as 3 weeks and do just fine. At 7 weeks, they're really gonna do better on puppy food anyway, since mom's milk has been steadily decreasing in value over the last 2-3 weeks. Glad she has you to watch over her so well!!!