Be careful with supplementing her with extra calcium as busypencil mentioned. I work in a vet clinic and we recommend switching nursing females over to a good quality puppy food, gradually of course. She will need the extra calories as the puppies will demand a lot from her. You will definitely have to help her with the feedings, thats a lot of puppies. As the puppies grow and suckle more milk at a time the more milk she will produce, hence the added calories from the puppy food will come in handy. Hills science diet, eukanuba, royal canin, or medi-cal are good choices, just make sure they are a puppy formula. Hope that helps and good luck.
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