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Mother not producing enough milk

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Question
I have a dog with pups that are 3 weeks old. It seems that she if drying up and not producing enough milk. Is there something i can give her to increase her milk.

Answer
Hi Jimmy. Since the pups are three weeks old, you may have to go ahead and wean them. They should be able to eat soaked puppy food. This far into it, it may be too hard to get mom to produce more milk. You can try to get her to eat more, and see if that helps. Besides that, there's not a lot you can do. Try giving the pups soaked puppy food, and see if that fills their belly's up. Let mom nurse as much as she can for now also.