When should I start feeding my new puppy solid food and what type?

If she is only 4 weeks old she needs to be drinking milk replacer formula. https://www.petsworld.in/royal-canin-baby-dog-milk-400-grams.html You can also start offering some wet food: https://www.petsworld.in/royal-canin-starter-mousse-mother-baby-dog-195-gm.html

A puppy should get milk or an appropriate replacement until 3-4 weeks of age at which point you can begin to mix in some solid food. The milk can be used to make a slurry or gruel. The milk is gradually decreased until the pup is eating solid, dry food around 8 weeks of age.

Congratulations on your new puppy - Phoenix is absolutely adorable! Puppies begin to get their baby teeth around 5-8 weeks of age, so Phoenix is just around that age. You can check his mouth for signs of teeth eruption and begin feeding him dry food if a majority of his baby teeth are present. He can continue to have moistened puppy food, but slowly transition to dry puppy food over the next week or so.

You are welcome! I would feed this food to your puppy until she is 12 months old, then switch her an adult formulated dog food. Given at your puppy is 24 days old (just over three weeks of age), she will not be old enough to be weaned until she is at least four to five weeks of age. I can give you a way to wean her onto solid food. To help her wean and to get used to dry food, I would soak a high quality puppy formulated dry food in warm water until soft. Then mix that with puppy formula such as KMR to make a mush the consistency of oatmeal. Over the next two weeks, gradually increase the amount of dry puppy food and decrease the amount of water and KMR you use until she is eating the dry puppy food only.

I would probably back down on the actual meat products as they may be rich for Luna's little tummy. Royal Canin makes a canned pate' called Baby Dog and its meant for weaning puppies. It's got all the nutrients she needs. I would use that mixed with some formula soaked puppy kibble. Around 5 weeks old, start to decrease the amount of formula. Luna should be weaned off formula by 7 weeks. She is sooo cute! Thank you for using Pet Coach!

Hello. You can introduce the puppy food now. I recommend to start weaning at 3 weeks of age, so you are pretty much on tract for this. Vaccinations start at 7-8 weeks of age. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

It is better to nurse pups until around 4-5 weeks, then start the weaning process. Once they have teeth they are more than ready to be weaned off mom. At 6 weeks, they should have their teeth, so the sitter can start the process now. There is no harm in starting the weaning process between 4-5 weeks b/c that is the ideal time to do so and does not harm their growth in any way. Some momma dogs will still allow the pups to feed even after they get their teeth, but there is certainly discomfort for the mom and high risk of abrasions and infection of the teets if allowed to happen for long, so its best to get them weaned for mom's sake. : ) Best of luck with these pups and I hope that the weaning process goes well. Take care!