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How to get my 1-month-old Labrador puppy to eat proper puppy food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Female | unspayed | 1 month old

My Labrador puppy is 1 month old. It's only eating Cerelac and nothing else. I also purchased Royal canin puppy food, but it's not eating. What would you advice for this puppy?

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Answered By Laura Johnson VMD

Veterinarian

Published on August 8th, 2018

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Maggies is very cute! I think that 4 weeks is too young to be taken from the mother and siblings. At this stage I would mix puppy formula with canned puppy food. If she won't eat that then you can mix the cerelac in with the canned puppy food but I personally do not like animals eating human dairy foods. Gradually over the next week or so add less and less puppy formula and more canned puppy food. Then around 5-6 weeks add moistened dry food. Hopefully by 7 weeks she will be eating all canned or dry puppy food. Good luck!

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    Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

    Veterinarian

    Published on February 26th, 2018

    He needs to be fed a wet puppy food from a reputable manufacturer, I would feed puppy food from Iams, Hills or Royal Canine. I would also supplement cerelac and slowly get your puppy used to the solid food. That means you give a small amount of puppy food first and then increase that every day and at the same time decrease the cerelac.

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

    Veterinarian

    Published on February 19th, 2020

    It's time to start weaning Pepper onto puppy food. I recommend Royal Canin. To help her wean and to get used to dry food, I would soak a high quality puppy formulated dry food in warm water until soft. Then mix that with puppy formula such as KMR to make a mush the consistency of oatmeal. Over the next two weeks, gradually increase the amount of dry puppy food and decrease the amount of water and KMR you use until she is eating the dry puppy food only.

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    Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

    Veterinarian

    Published on May 3rd, 2018

    You can now start offering small amounts of tinned puppy food. and replace one of the cerelac meals with puppy food. slowly replace the milk with puppy food over the next two weeks, a little at a time. Use good quality puppy food.

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