Need help First pup under the age of 8 weeks

provencowgirl

yeah she is something else lol. I do have pictures i just need to get them on my comp lol

Zim

at that age she is ina critical developmental period and is missing out on nessecary lessons from her mom.

ill be back in a bit with some links on pup development and handraising. she really still needsto be with her mom.

Zim

Puppy Development

this is a good general outline of puppy developmental stages.

as for the age your pup is at now, you want to try and facilitate some safe socialization, ideally a new dam that will take her in.

but if you cant do that, you want ro work on inhibition and careful socialization. b you also want to make sure this pup is not alone as much as possible. she was weaned too early imo.

TashaHope

Seriosly? Or is that just in Canada? We got Tasha at 6 weeks too. Some guy came up with his three daughters and they had 5/6 pups. Definanty accidental, they were saying anything to get rid of them. If I had told him I liked chihuahuas he would of told me they were part chi. :P 50+ lb chi, lol!

Mikey

very seriously-I know laws vary state to state but 8 weeks is minimum weaning time for any animal and as far as I know in the US (defo Canada and the UK) it is VERY illegal to separate younger then that

What state are you in? I could look it up for you?

Mikey

OK not every animal-mammals-so horses, rabbits, cats, dogs etc-animals protected under pet laws-livestock is generally different and less laws govern them.

alfi

Of course I think that a reputable and responsible breeder will not give a puppy at that age even if the laws accept it! (At least when I was about to take Liza the breeder put me in a corner with 1.000.000 questions before he even let me have puppy from him)....ok that was off topic!!

PitsandPugs

I think Zim's post was very important.....as far as laws go I know that a while back I looked up the legal age to sell a puppy and Here in my county in the state of VA its 7 weeks ...I would much rather it be 8 but at least there is a rule in place

provencowgirl

i live in california, im going to see if she will let me bring to pup back to stay there til she is 8 weeks but i dont know if she will because another 1 of their dogs had a accidental litter and another dog of theirs was preggy.

PitsandPugs

wow thats a lot of "accidents"