Whew! It has been a very busy time here at Maple Acre Farm, between Bella's puppies getting more and more mobile and Kessa whelping her 2nd batch of Puppies...I am happy to report all are doing well, though. Kessa has 5 puppies to drool over (little Saint Bernard joke, lol!) She is getting the royal treatment as a new mama..we do a 50/50 raw diet for our Saints. Except for Dozer, who refuses to eat ANYTHING raw or bloody. He is quite the gentleman:) Anyways, after our mama's deliver we want to encourage them to eat and drink as soon as they are able. This ensures a great start to their milk flow. We feed raw chicken as well as Diamond's Chicken and Rice formula dry dog food.( never feed your companion cooked bones! Chicken bones in the raw are nice and soft-perfect for these beasts to crunch up and very digestable!) We also add 2 eggs to the dry mix--using our farm raised free range chicken eggs. This makes a nice shiny coat-and is a super source of protein for them as they transition into fulltime nursing these large puppies.
Kessa is a wonderful and attentive mama--her puppies bring so much to our home!
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