Friend of mine has a female Border Collie/mix that bred with an Aussie.  Pups were born 12/06 litter was 5 all healthy.  Bella (mom) was nursing fine, but she dried up during the weekend, puppies have been trying but you can't get blood out of a stone.

The other pups went to their future homes yesterday, I'm getting mine tomorrow, I would have like if they were still burning nursed for a bit longer but it is what it is.

What is a good food dry/wet to start the pup off with which will be the most beneficial to being weaned early?

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Ground up chicken. Sweet potatoes,   Chopped meat

Ground up RAW chicken, sweet potatoes or butternut squash, kale.

For a puppy, 4-6%of their body weight.  Reduce as they get older. My Weimeraner at 18 months is on 2%. She is a show dog.

Better for then and doesn't cost much more then "dog food"

most states won't allow the sale of puppies less than 8 weeks old because they will miss out on a lot of socialization training 

This is not a sale, my friend down the road who I help occasionally with things is who has the litter.

Pics of presumable adorable puppy?

I was off on birth date it was the 6th of Dec. which makes her 6 weeks old.

Pups should still be with mom even if mom isn't nursing.  I'd not take a 6 week old pup, it's not learning the critical doggie things it needs to be learning in the 5 to 8 week window.

She's a cute one.

8 weeks is good. We got Ruger at 6 weeks and I'm lucky I had an older male collie in the house. Ruger copied him perfectly. Housebroken in 3 days, unbelievable. Crate trained (by himself) the first night. He followed Tag everywhere, even slept with him during the day. The only thing Tag did not let him do is eat from the bowl when he was eating.

Ruger was eating hard food at 5 weeks and he loved 4Health Puppy food. He is still eating 4Health mixed with canned soup or chicken. We also grill chicken breast strips as treats for our dogs so keep an eye out on sales.

The only advice I offer OP is to get a second pup for this one to play/grow-up with, I'll never own a lone pup again.