In a message dated 12/20/11 11:36:54 PM, Shepherds4us@xxxxxxx writes: > Any special recipe suggestions, anything but Science Diet,,,,please I am > o;d fashioned, Gerber Rice cereal, Evaporated milk and Karo syrup. > When I weaned my litters I usually started out between 3 to 4 weeks depending on mom and her desire to nurse and how many pups there are. My combination was the Gerber rice cereal, goats milk, and Gerber's baby food, usually lamb. Initially I would mix the combination (mostly milk to cereal to a bottle of lamb) to a consistancy of a very liquid gravy and warm it to touch, and then as they got older to a thicker consistancy (more cereal and lamb) at room temp, just not ice cold. Hope that helps. By the way I used one of those stainless steel flying saucer pans that had a raised center so it did help them from walking through their food, because once they start on this formula they go crazy for it. Pat ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================