Low Birth Weight

**FADING PUPPY SYNDROME**
Low Birth Weight: Low birth weight can be caused by a number of things, some you will know some you can only guess at. It does not matter the why only what to do about it once the problem is there. 1. Whatever the reason it will result in you taking care of one or more puppies because of low birth weight. a. treat them almost as orphans except that they might be able to nurse. The one major problem here will be that they can not fight for the right to nurse. Even if they do manage to get on a nipple, a larger stronger puppy can and usually does push them off. b. Try to get them to nurse on mom. This can be a challenge because you have to keep the other puppies from pushing the puppy off. If this can not be accomplished, you will have to feed the puppy either with a feeding tube or a bottle Or in my opinion the easiest way. The Glove c. You will have to keep this up until the puppy gets strong enough to nurse on its own and hang on.