How to Dry Up the Milk of a Mother Dog

Drying up of milk of the mother dog is a natural process that happens gradually, as her puppies are weaned. Weaning her puppies helps the mother dog, as the puppies become less dependent on their mother's milk, and turn to solid food. You can help decrease the mother's milk production -- as the puppies start eating solid food -- by slowly bringing her back to adult dog food.

Things You'll Need

  • Puppy food
  • Adult dog food
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Instructions

    • 1

      Talk to your veterinarian before starting the mother dog's diet process. He can give you valuable direction.

    • 2

      Replace 1/4th of the mother's puppy food with adult dog food. Start this diet-alteration process when you begin feeding puppy mush to the puppies. This is usually in their 4th week.

    • 3

      Decrease the quantity of puppy food, and increase the quantity of adult dog food, gradually. Feed only adult dog food to the mother, by the time the puppies are eight weeks of age.