My puppies eat dry food but still nurse. How do I wean them?

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Our dam is still feeding her 3 pups a lot. They do eat dry food now too but I'm not sure how to get them to eat more and drink less? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Female | unspayed | 3 years and 4 months old

Kevin Sanada, DVM · Accepted Answer

The best thing you can do is separate them for 4-6 hours a day if they are older than four weeks old. The pups will still try to drink after that, but it should help to reduce the amount they feed on mom. Puppies will continue trying to get milk even when they are older (2 months), so you may have to separate them for longer periods of time, so she will stop producing milk.

My puppies eat dry food but still nurse. How do I wean them?

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