I'm with you on this one. What is the point of feeding them earlier mom has the perfect food for the babies .l If mom doesn't have enough them goat milk is a great supplement. TC Arcturus <Arcturus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Wow! I guess I'm really late with my pups. I don't offer them food until 3 weeks and then its Triumph canned Beef with Chicken. They usually gobble it right down. By the end of the week I'm adding soften dry food to it. Now, they always have access to Mom's dry food and some will start mouthing it at 3 weeks. Before 3 weeks the Mom's have so much milk I doubt the puppies would eat anything anyway. On to worming...does anyone treat for coccidia or giardia as a matter of course? We do, at 6 weeks. Where I live there are so many chicken houses that both are literally in the air. Penn State Unv. did a study on both as it effects the chicken industry and they were amazed to find it ( as well as e-coli) in rain water. Sue T ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================