Maybe there is hope. Today, he took a tiny bite of raw hamburger meat on his own, and two licks of the goat's milk before he sat down and barked at me to come and get him. I feel like I am somebody's marionette and the somebody has all the strings in his little paw. Myra
>From: Debbie Dame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stubborn Puppy >Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:02:32 EDT > >Hi Myra, > >I had a similar situation with a two pup litter. I guess because it was >just >the two of them and there was plenty of milk from Mom, they wouldn't eat, >they just wanted to nurse for the rest of their lives (like your little >man). > They were getting up in age too, not just 8 weeks like your boy. I had >restricted Mom from the two in the hopes that they would finally get hungry >enough, but no way were they having any part of it. Of course I would then >think they were going to starve to death (I knew that they really wouldn't, >but couldn't help worrying that they would). > >I finally had to take Mom completly away and I introduced two puppies from >another litter that were eating solids fine and were younger with them. >What >ended up happening, is that the younger pups taught the older pups (brats) >how to eat. I guess because Mom was doing everything for them, they didn't >learn nor did they want to learn what to do. > >Your situation is different, since the others in your litter are all eating >fine. You are probably going to have to bite the bullet and let him go >hungry until he gets the idea. Stop letting Mom feed him and stop hand >feeding him. Put him in with his litter-mates and walk away. He will >eventually learn once he gets very hungry enough. I know how hard this is >to >do. > >Good luck, >Debbie Dame -- Runabout Cavaliers >Jacksonville, Florida U.S.A. >www.runaboutcavaliers.com > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
