To save a puppy that won't eat, offer the puppy some other food options like warmed food or canned food or even mix some wet puppy food with some warm water or even broth to soften some dry food.
Hand feeding the puppy a bit of human food like some cooked chicken can sometimes get the puppy to eat.
If your puppy continues to refuse food after 24 hours they should see a vet if possible as it could indicate a health issue in the puppy.
A puppy will often poop within 15 minutes to 30 minutes after eating.
Younger puppies often poop more frequently and sooner after they eat and the type of food and amount of food the puppy eats can also affect the bowel movements of the puppy and how often they poop.
More active puppies also may poop more often and some puppies have different digestive systems and might poop at different intervals.
It's a good idea to take the puppy outside 15 to 30 minutes after they eat so they can poop or pee when they need to.
If your puppy won't drink water, your puppy will quickly become dehydrated, which can result in serious health issues including death or organ damage.
A puppies water intake should be monitored and if possible you should seek veterinary care or advice if the puppy is not drinking water or not drinking enough water or they are showing other signs of being sick.
In some cases the puppy may simply just not be thirsty at the moment or they may have an upset stomach and will eventually drink some water but they haven't drank any water within 6 hours or a day they could become severely dehydrated.
You can try adding some water to their food or see if they will drink some milk.
If the puppy won't drink water for more than a day, or if the puppy is showing any signs of illness like weight loss, lethargy, diarrhea or vomit of if the dog is reluctant to drink water even if you offer water to them you may need to seek veterinary care if you can do so.
Certain medical conditions like diabetes, kidney disease or even infections can reduce a puppy's thirst as well as pain or discomfort from dental issues can make drinking water painful for the puppy and even changes in the puppy's environment, routine, or even a presence of other animals can result in anxiety and stress in the puppy and reduce the puppy's water intake.
Even changes in the puppy's diet, especially if the food is very dry can result in a puppy's hydration needs and extreme temperatures can also impact a puppy's thirst.
You can also try offering the puppy some ice chips to lick or suck on if they will take them as the ice chips are also hydrating to the puppy.
A puppy can go without water for around 6 hours to 8 hours before they start experiencing symptoms of dehydration.
A dog may be able to go 72 hours without water before they start to show signs of dehydration and become sick within the first 24 hours.
Puppies can become dehydrated faster than adult dogs as they are smaller in size and they have a rapid metabolism.
Puppies need to drink more water more frequently throughout the day than dogs.
Common signs of dehydration in puppies are loss of appetite, tented skin, which is skin that does not snap back quickly when pinched, excessive painting, sunken eyes and lethargy.
Dehydration can lead to serious health issues in puppies, including death or organ damage.
If your puppy is not drinking you can try adding some water to their food or give the puppy some ice chips to suck on.
If the puppy still is not drinking and getting fluids they may need to see the vet and get IV fluids if possible.
When a puppy or dog dies of dehydration, the dehydration at first leads to decreased blood volume in the dog as well as reduced oxygen delivery to the puppy dogs organs and even an electrolyte imbalance.
And as the dehydration in the puppy or dog progress, damage to the dogs organs occurs and often results in kidney failure, shock and then death.
Dehydration in the puppy or dog, reduces the amount of fluid in the dogs bloodstream, which results in a decrease in the puppy or dogs blood volume and consequently, reduced blood flow to the dogs vital organs.
As a result, this impacts the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the puppy or dogs organs, which causes them to function poorly.
Water is also essential for maintaining of the puppy or dogs electrolytes, such as sodium, chloride and potassium and being dehydrated disrupts the puppy or dogs electrolyte balance, which can impair the puppy or dogs muscle and organ function further.
The puppy or dogs kidneys are responsible for filtering out waste and regulating of the fluid balance, and the kidneys can be severely affected by dehydrated and in severe cases of dehydration, the puppy or dogs kidneys can fail and other organs such as the dogs heart and liver can also be damaged as a result of the dehydration.
Then as the dehydration gets worse, it can eventually lead to shock, which is a life threatening condition in which the puppy or dogs body organs don't get enough oxygen and blood and eventually if the puppy or dog does not get the fluids and electrolytes it needs it can result in death.
A puppy will most often pee as soon as 10 minutes to 30 minutes after drinking water.
Younger puppies or puppies with smaller bladders may need to urinate or pee more frequently than older puppies or puppies with larger bladders.
The more water the puppy drinks, the sooner the puppy will need to pee.
Most puppies can hold their pee overnight, once they are at least 4 months to 6 months of age.
Before 4 months to 6 months of age, puppies have little to no bladder control and will urinate through the night and not be able to hold it.
Younger puppies also have smaller bladders and will need to pee more often than older puppies.
If the puppy is not able to hold their bladder or pee overnight it's best to put the water up during the night but leave it out during the day.
Puppies should always have access to water at least at all times during the day.
However it's okay to put the water up at night to prevent the puppy from having to pee at night so much.
I always kept water out for the puppies and dogs during the day but at night I would put the water up and then put it back out the next morning.
As long as the puppy and dogs are getting enough water through the day then they will be fine to go without some water through the night.
Puppies when they drink through the night will need to urinate more and are more likely to have pee accidents in the house or in their cage or crate at night.
So it's best to just put the water up at night and they will be fine.
Puppies will also drink when they are thirsty and so will the mother dog so having access to water at all times during the day is needed but at night they will be fine.