Aww I wanna cry!! I can’t believe my poor baby was robbed of that too young! I have only had Oreo since he was a puppy and we got him at 7 weeks, so I didn’t even realize that 6 weeks was not an appropriate time to have separated them from their mom. I do cuddle him and hold him all the time. After he eats, he will run around outside and play some with his fur brother, and often will come up to where I am sitting and bark at me until I pick him up (which is not long), and sleep in my arms. We try to allow him to sleep in our bed at night, but he’s still potty training and is also in the land shark phase, so it’s hard to do that at night, but during the day, he is always near me or on my lap. At night he cuddles with Oreo in their bed. I am expecting a call today from a natural pet supply store in the area that is going to walk me through their preferred raw products for him ( since I know little to nothing about feeding raw) and place an order for pickup on Thursday, so I will add that instead of the puppy milk. Ugh! I wish I had known this sooner. I hope it doesn’t affect him negatively in the future
Aww I wanna cry!! I can’t believe my poor baby was robbed of that too young! I have only had Oreo since he was a puppy and we got him at 7 weeks, so I didn’t even realize that 6 weeks was not an appropriate time to have separated them from their mom. I do cuddle him and hold him all the time. After he eats, he will run around outside and play some with his fur brother, and often will come up to where I am sitting and bark at me until I pick him up (which is not long), and sleep in my arms. We try to allow him to sleep in our bed at night, but he’s still potty training and is also in the land shark phase, so it’s hard to do that at night, but during the day, he is always near me or on my lap. At night he cuddles with Oreo in their bed. I am expecting a call today from a natural pet supply store in the area that is going to walk me through their preferred raw products for him ( since I know little to nothing about feeding raw) and place an order for pickup on Thursday, so I will add that instead of the puppy milk. Ugh! I wish I had known this sooner. I hope it doesn’t affect him negatively in the future
Ugh... this is SO heartbreaking!!! We kept our pups until 8 weeks, and even then we kept the runt... he had issues and we refused to sell him.
Anyhoo... maybe get a stuffed animal that he can cuddle with, if you can't hold him all day (totally understand... Lol). What hasn't been mentioned is that good momma's teach their pups SO many things at this early stage... how to get along with their siblings, and they let them know when they've had enough of the playtime...Lol I think your baby will be fine because you CARE... and that is all any baby truly needs
This is VERY important!!! All puppies(especially Stubborn breeds like Bulldogs) need those last 2 weeks(7&8) to hone their socialization skills or for Mom to hone those skills for them. Without Mom to curb their chewing & biting and other undesirable tendencies they will likely get out of hand. As sorry as you feel for this little one I'm betting that it will take some tough love to keep Brisket in line. Best to do it now than to have to deal with it later. Take what you've learned here and put it to work. You have just graduated Bulldog Alpha-School and now you need to put your learnin's to work. Continuing Ed is always available here!
