From the third week, puppies can be progressively fed a "growing" food (a warm pulp). This food will complement the mother's decreasing milk production. Some puppies go spontaneously to their mother's feeding bowl and start to lap in imitation of her behavior. Like fledglings that take crop milk, some puppies ask for maternal regurgitations during this period. All these signs indicate that weaning can start.Like any nutritional change, weaning is a progressive process, enabling a slow transition from a lacteal diet to solid food. It is the feeding that should be adapted to the puppies' changing digestive abilities, and not the contrary.
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