Spca 8 week old Pup

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Hi
We just got a husky puppie about one week ago at 8 weeks from the spca(The Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals).From what we know, she has been away from her mom at the age of 6 weeks or Less.
Now since we got her, she had worms and was treated for this, butt still she cant pass firm stools.
She also sleeps allot and isn't play full?
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Dear Jaco,
It is always a bad thing to take a pup away from its mother before 8 weeks of age. It needs this time at least to get all the social skills and nutrition from its mother. So what you are left with sadly is the aftermath of a careless breeder, and no mistaking it a pup who has been seperated this early can have problems for life.
She will probably take time to recover from he bad start, and she will sleep a lot, andyou will find she may take a while to play as her mother and siblings would have taught her to play but she has missed out. She may never be very playful as a result.
As for feeding Well to answer your question as I am asked this one alot, a diet of commercial dog food is not something I would recomend for any dog. Sadly to say I see many dogs who fare very badly on this diet. I can never
understand that humans are always told that to eat healthy they must
consume raw unprocessed food to have optimum health.
Yet for some strange reason our dogs and alot of other animals are not
supposed to eat this way. WHY I ASK? It goes against all commonsense and
mystifies me as to how even the most intelligent people are sucked in by
the pet food companies rubbish. Sadly many vets also play into this,
perhaps they dont know any better, and if they do they are downright evil.
It is obvoius there is a connection between vets and pet food companies
and I am not so sure it is a healthy thing.
I would not feed any commercial dog food to my most loved dogs, here are a
multitude of reasons why you should change to a raw diet.
The rule is all the diet must be raw there is no getting out of it, if you
cook a dog's food you will kill all the beneficial enzymes it needs for
optimum health. So in reality preparation is not hard. I do not know what
country you are in some places it is easier to get lots of good raw
offcuts than others, and the USA is particually frustrating. But I just go
to Walmart and they have 10LB bags of chicken pieces there and they are
cheap. Forget all the salmonella rubbish I and my dogs have never got it
and I have played with so much raw meat in 10 years I should have by now.
Give him a couple of those a day and a raw egg, shell and all, you will
see the difference in no time on this simple and nutritious diet. I feed
no commercial dog food at all and I have 4 huge thriving boys the oldest
is almost 10 he only looks 5! I go to the vets rarely, and they are amazed
at the health of my guys every time. I attribute it to the diet I feed and
the vast amount of excercise I give my guys. I have also raised litters of
puppies on this same diet and my pups weighed 8 lbs at only 6 weeks!
I only ever feed my guys once a day, huskies can be very ruled by food.
But beware huskies were specifically designed to subsist in a very harsh
environment on very little food and work all day on it. So they can become
very overweight in the absence of this. It sounds like you are already on
the right track to feeding your dog, but remember a dog cannot digest raw
veggies unless you put them in a food processor first. This mimics the
contents of the intestines of the animals they would have hunted in the
wild. That was the only vegetable matter they really got.
Here are some feeding hints these are the rules I live by and I have had
great success with. I give all raw meat, all different kinds, keep it varied,
but for growing pups chicken is the best. All uncooked bones are great,
but do try to avoid the real big hard ones like the ones from a cow's leg.
They are so dense and hard they can chip and injure a dogs teeth and cause
wear if they have them too often. Other than that all bones are great. For a growing pup poultry and pork are the best but give him red meats as well. Remember the only dangerous bones are ones that have been cooked, all raw bones are fine.
Raw eggs, cottage cheese, lactose reduced milk, all whole milk not
skim. Mince is great all different kinds, fish is great too. Blend up some
veggies from time to time and mix them in as well. Honey on the cottage
cheese, yohgurt, all full cream of course, and any general table scraps
you might have as well.
Don't feed cereals, chocolate, or onion ever they are poisonous to a dog.
Only feed her once a day, and what she does not eat, take away.
Feeding should be simple and with this method your dog should thrive.
Basically I feed everything I would eat with the exception of cereals,
even fruit and veg. Beleive it or not, although dog food is full of
cereal, dogs cannot digest it at all, and it has no food value to them what so
ever. So forget the cereals entirely. Cereals can even cause diabeties
which I have seen happen first hand in dogs, and often does as they get
older. Commercial food is also too high in salt and calcium and can cause
a myriad of problems as your dog ages. So give a diet of 80% raw meaty
bones and don't have a vet bill or a broken heart. If you have any further
questions don't hesitate to ask.  Give it a try you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
I hope this helps you, Faye and Husky Crew.



I gave her some 70% cooked chicken and she could not stop eating, she just wanted more.
Regarding the Raw meet, would this not cause worms?


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Dear Jaco,
Dont cook anything, you kill all the goodness for a dog. Chickens dont get infested with worms any way, that is a red meat thing, if the chicken is for human consumption it is very safe. Any way if you stick to a 3 month worming schedule and you should no matter what she will be fine. Raw is the best, easy too, just try it.
Hope this helps.
Faye and Husky Crew.