I think I love him <g>. What a character. Try mixing the ground beef with the milk..go light on the milk. Jo Ann
> 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 > > > > >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 > > > > Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers > > ========================================================= "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.
