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Puppies: 8 to 15 Weeks

Full weaning takes place at or before 8 weeks. Puppies can be supplied with small amounts of solid food (as a supplement to milk) as early as their fourth week, when their first set of teeth will begin to emerge. Choose a specially formulated puppy food that is thinned to the consistency of gruel. As the weeks pass, the amount of solid matter in the gruel should be increased.

Programming Milestones: This is the prime age for learning to interface with humans. Eight weeks is also the accepted time for a puppy to be removed from the litter and transferred to its adopted family. Crate training, leash training, and house-training instruction can begin.

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