produce more milk?

[joshlvg]

She just had pups not producing alot of milk, what can I do to help her? Lost couple pups not sure if thats why or not but any help will be greatly appreciated.

[jwdeltx]

I feed all my lactating bitches eggs twice a day. They produce lots of milk and gain weight !!

[bootheel]

I am sure there are others more knowledgeable about this sort of thing, but what Ive had to do was get some milk replacer (non medicated) from the feed store or if you can come up with raw goats milk. I like the goats milk better, but the milk replacer might be handier for you. We've had a mom or two that just didn't produce enough for the litter. And in a week or two, I'd put out a short pan of clean water with a little pedialite to maintain hydration. Hope that helps you, works for me.  Having said that, we've only had to do this to a couple first time mamas, next litter went fine, plenty of milk. One more thing, around the 4th or 5th week of pregnancy, I increase her food and put her on twice a day until a week after weaning.

[Reuben]

Milk is mostly water...so when she is feeding the pups she needs plenty of water kept in front of her...also needs to get plenty to eat because she is losing lots of calories and nutrients feeding those pups...take extra good care of the mama dog and you will see it in the pups...just worm them weekly starting at one week...also worn the mother and keep them in a cool and shady place this time of year...

[kerreydw]

Calcium pills after she has her pups give her one a day she will produce lots of milk and will not pull down as bad and all the eggs and milk replacer will help as  well.

[halfbreed]

     do you have a good whelping box with rails ?  most losses are do to the gyps laying on the pups . I all ways just free feed my gyps all they want when they want it . and have them on a vitamin supplement . start feeding the pups at 3 weeks to help the gyp out . and make sure when you worm the pups that you trim them little fish hook toe nails back , they really work at them udders and will make the gyp plum miserable  . most gyps will all ways have plenty of milk . it may not look like it but them teats don't have to be dragging the ground to be supplying milk  .

[joshlvg]

Bottle feeding pups, she had pup stuck had to get spayed still at vets should pick her up today vet said put pups back on her im worried about all the meds she is on hurting pups. Anyone put pups on after surgery?

[halfbreed]

   bout all the meds she will be on is anti-biotics , and I all ways run a course of amoxicylin thru my gyps after whelping . so I would think you will be ok .

[joshlvg]

She on some stomach coating and anti diarrhea, pain meds. I got her home put one pup in see what happens tonight put other 2 in later high hopes for these pups now no oven to make any more

[redriverslim]

Here is what I do:  When the mother is about 10 days away from whelping, give her SAFEGUARD wormer for 3 days in a row (use the correct dosage) consult your vet if you are not sure.  Keep her worm and parasite free while she is pregnant.  Make sure she has plenty of clean fresh water.  NEVER let her run out of fresh water.  Milk is primarily WATER & FAT.  So she needs lots of water and fat.  I feed a high quality dog food during the pregnancy.  After the pups are born, I start her on a raw meat and high fat diet supplemented with the dry food.  If you want her to make more milk than you've ever seen before, give her raw chicken thighs (bone and skin included), a little raw hamburger meat (the cheap stuff), and a couple tablespoon of lard.  I buy the lard that comes in the white tub at Walmart.  I feed about 2 chicken thighs, a handful of raw hamburger, lard, and the rest dry feed.  The more meat and fat you give her, the more milk she will make. 

Now if you really want to go "off the chart" . . . go to a website called "greentripe.com".  They sell a product called Tripe/Trachea/Ground Bone blend.  It's sold in 1 lb frozen tubes.  They will ship it to your door.  You can add a little of this to the feed as well.  Its expensive, but you only need enough for a few weeks.  I buy enough to feed the mother, and then have enough left over to start the puppies on it as well.

I start my puppies on raw deer hamburger, raw chicken and the raw tripe/trachea blend.  Walmart sells a frozen puppy food in a bag called BilJack.  You can find it in the frozen section next to the ice cream.  I use the Biljack mixed in with my raw meat.  This is all fairly "overkill", but I guarantee you that your pups will be the fattest, biggest, most muscled up puppies that anyone will ever see.  And the mother will be in great shape and fat, instead of pulled down and starved looking like most people are used to seeing.

Every time you deworm the puppies, deworm the mother also.  Use pyrantel pamoate on the pups.  Switch wormers on the mother every time.  I will use pyrantel the first time, safeguard the next time, maybe Valbazen the next time, etc. 

The 3 MAIN REASONS that females get down and don't make enough milk is:

1) Not enough fat in her feed.
2) Not enough clean fresh water
3) Not deworming the mother often.             

P.S.  When the female comes in heat and you first see her drip blood, give her a 7 way Puppy Shot under the skin.  She will pass the immunity on to the pups through the colostrum in the first milk, and this will give you a little extra "insurance" until you can get the first shots in the pups.

[Goose87]

I always keep fresh water and feed in front of mine and mix milk replacer in her dry kibble every morning and when the pups are about three weeks old I'll start mixing the milk replacer over a little soaked feed for them....and all the table scraps you have left over