feeding Great Dane Pups

Question
Help!!! How often and how much do you feed 7 pups.  Mom is loosing interest.  They are 4.5 weeks old I have been giving them ground up puppy food with goats milk.  Not sure how often to feed them.    They are always pooping.  Am i feeding them too much?  Please help ASAP.  Thanks

Answer
You should have got a book on rearing puppies, it's a bit late now.  They should have been weaned at 2 - 3 weeks, no wonder she is losing interest.

They should be on about 3 - 4 ounces of brisket of beef or lamb, finely minced; your butcher will do it for you.

They will want this about three times a day plus two meals of milk with egg or cereal.  The milk is powdered, we use lamb of calf milk replacer from the local farm shop.

Send me an email to

kshumphries@aol.com

and i will send you a diet sheet.  It starts at eight weeks bu just cut down the quantities.  Where do you live, i am in South Wales traveling to the Midlands tomorrow.  You can call me on 07747060742 during the day or 01495711580n after 17:00.

Ken