New puppy questions

I just got Buddy he is 6 wks old. He seems to be kennel trained, he whines when .he has to potty and when hungry. I'm doing 4 feeding a day about 2 c the whole day. My question is...how much should he sleep and stay in the crate?

 

Hello and welcome to the forum. Unfortunately, we have a rule about allowing discussion about puppies who have been taken away from their mothers too early.

The main site has lots of information about raising a puppy, crate training and everything else you need to know. Please visit https://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-puppies/ for more information and I hope we see you back once your puppy is a little older.

Moderator Note: Sadly, in some parts of the world there is a tragic trade in tiny puppies barely able to walk. On the Labrador site we frequently get comments from people who have purchased puppies as young as 21 days old. Their owners will usually need help from a qualified veterinary professional if the puppy is to survive and thrive.

Our forum policy is to encourage people to wait until their puppy is eight weeks old before collecting it from the breeder. To make sure we are not encouraging the trade in underage puppies, nor depriving these puppies of essential veterinary attention, we have the following rule.

If a forum member’s puppy has been removed from the breeder/ mother before the age of seven weeks, that member must wait until their puppy is seven weeks old before posting about him or her on the forum

We recommend that anyone with a puppy under this age contacts their vet without delay for instructions on feeding, general care, and medical treatment. We understand that members want to help these puppies, but the forum is not the right place to be distributing specialist advice of this nature.