Puppies grow 12 times faster than human babies and have greater needs for certain nutrients than human babies. Do you know how to feed your puppy scientifically? How to match the diet for the most nutrition? Let’s talk about this topic and hope it will help your dog’s healthy growth.
Nutritional elements required
Want a healthier puppy, these 6 major nutritional elements can not be missing.
1. Water: Water accounts for 60% of an adult dog’s body weight, and is an indispensable part of maintaining the dog’s life activities.
2. Protein: strengthen your dog’s body and help him recover his strength.
3. Fat: can supplement the calories, so that the dog’s skin, hair more healthy.
4. Vitamins: enhance the function of the nervous system, blood vessels, muscles and other systems.
5. Carbohydrates: supply heat, maintain the dog’s body temperature, and is the source of energy for the activities of various organs in the body.
6. Minerals: calcium, magnesium, zinc, potassium, sodium and other nutrients can promote the normal operation of the dog’s body functions, to help dogs grow up healthy.
Nutritional mix
Puppies grow quickly and the nutrition mix varies at different stages of development.
1. Before 1 month of age
Recommended menu: Breast milk Canine goat milk powder
Before one month of age, the mother’s milk is the best choice for baby dogs, especially during the first few days of life. Do not give your puppy pellets or other snacks. If the mother’s milk is not enough, you can choose a special formula for puppies.
When feeding puppies manually, make sure not to use human milk or goat’s milk, but use special milk powder for dogs, so as to supplement the nutrition needed for puppy’s growth and development, and the dog’s gut will absorb the special milk powder better.
2. At the age of 1 month
Recommended menu: softened dog food, milk powder for dogs, probiotics to supplement nutrition
Dogs can generally eat dog food independently at one to two months of age, but do not wean them until they reach 2 months of age, when their gastrointestinal absorption capacity is poor.
Soak the dog food and eat it softly to protect the intestines. Nutritional milk powder as a snack to add meals and ensure nutrition. You can supplement some probiotics, but do not add other nutrients at will to prevent increasing the burden on the stomach and intestines.
3. Full 2 months old
Recommended menu: Softened dog food Canine milk powder Nutritional cream
Two months old dogs can be completely weaned and eat dog food independently, it is also the time to train to eat at regular intervals. It should be noted that the dog’s teeth are not yet mature, chewing ability is poor, dog food must be softened before eating.
Do not feel free to add other things and nutrients, dog food as the main, supplemented by milk powder. If there is gastrointestinal discomfort, indigestion and other conditions, you can supplement the nutritional cream.
4. Full 3 months old
Recommended menu: dog food poultry grinding snacks probiotics
3 months of age, the dog needs to start grinding teeth, so the dog food does not need to be soaked. The dog’s body begins to grow strong, need to increase the intake of protein, you can add chicken and duck meat as a snack.
Remember, the 3 month old dog’s intestines are still fragile, meat products to poultry meat. Probiotics do not stop to care for the dog’s intestines. Occasionally a puppy teething milk bar, also very good.
5. full 4 months of age
Recommended menu: dog food, fresh meat, teeth grinding bar, hair nutrition powder
At 4 months of age, the dog starts to change teeth, the need to grind teeth is obvious; it is also the time to change the fetal hair, is at the stage of ugly appearance, but really need to supplement nutrition.
In addition to dog food and poultry meat, you need 1-2 teething bars per day. The growth of hair shedding, need rich amino acids and vitamins, this is the time to give your dog a little seaweed powder, can make the growth of hair more dense and soft.
6. 5-6 months old
Recommended menu: dog food, fresh meat, snacks, calcium tablets and hairdressing powder
At this time, the dog’s skeleton grows open, the general shape of the body is basically formed, and the chicken begins to develop. Dogs need a lot of calcium and protein, especially for large breed puppies, and calcium supplementation is a must.
At this time, if not supplemented with calcium and vitamins and other nutrients, the dog will suffer from food guide fetishes, such as chewing and eating indiscriminately. Calcium supplements can be taken along with some fish oil to care for the coat.
7. After 7 months of age
Recommended menu: dog food meat snacks joints calcium supplement nutrition cream
After 7 months of age, the dog is basically an adult dog. Exercise increased, intellectual development, training can be fully developed. You can increase the intake of meat, such as beef, fish, etc. Classified pet snacks can also eat up and go, but do not overdo it.
Dogs will also start one after another a very important stage in the dog’s life: the estrus period. Dogs entering estrus, in addition to protein and calcium, should be supplemented with vitamins and trace elements to prepare for pregnancy.
The need for nutrients will vary from adult dog to adult dog depending on their condition. The most important concern is that adult dogs exercise a lot and the protection of joint nourishment should not be neglected, and some joint nutritional cream supplementation is necessary.
Attention
It is important to give your dog proper nutrition to prevent vomiting and diarrhea. Before taking nutritional supplements you can consult your veterinarian according to your dog’s own condition, do not blindly give your dog supplements by yourself.
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