Puppies grow quickly and need to pay attention to their diet

Puppies need twice as many calories as adult dogs during their growth and development period. It is said that dogs can live approximately 12-16 years, which is much shorter than that of humans. It can be said that a dog's life is like a condensed life. Dogs also develop very quickly. It can grow into an adult dog in one to one and a half years after birth. This period of growth is very important and can even affect the puppy's life. In order for the puppy to grow up healthily and robustly, special attention should be paid to its diet during development.

Increase the number of feedings after weaning

After weaning to about the third month, the feeding times should be 7 a.m., 12 noon, 5 p.m. and 10 p.m., 4 times a day. From the 5th to 8th month after birth, puppies can be fed three times in the morning, noon, and evening. The amount of food given to puppies during this period is approximately one-third to half of that of adult dogs.

Within 2-3 to 3 months after weaning, the puppy's food composition will determine its lifelong eating habits. If you plan to continue feeding a special dog food in the future, you must get used to the taste of the special dog food during this time.

Food ratio

If you plan to raise your pet with family meals in the future, the food should be mainly animal protein and feed more high-calorie foods. When a puppy is 2-3 months old, the meat should be cut into fine pieces before feeding it because the teeth and lower jaw are not fully developed. Milk, butter, cheese, etc. are also suitable. But don’t give them hard bones, etc. yet.

The period from 6 months to 1 year old after birth is approximately equivalent to a human being in his teens, so a dog can develop into a young dog equivalent to an 18-year-old in one year. This period is the period when the dog is growing most vigorously, and the calories it consumes are about twice as much as it grows, so it can feed more animal protein foods.

What should I do if my dog ​​doesn’t eat dog food?

What should I do if my dog ​​is not used to eating hard dog food? Most puppies can eat hard dog food by the age of 2 months. If puppies are not used to eating for a period of time, they can be softened with boiled water, milk or soup before feeding.

How to judge whether the feeding amount is appropriate? The food intake of each dog is not exactly the same. You can feed a little more at the beginning, and then judge whether the feeding amount is too much based on the amount of leftover food. You can slowly increase the amount of food as your puppy grows. The feeding amount should be adjusted according to the puppy's eating status, about once every 3 weeks.

How to feed high-calorie meat food

In order to meet the needs of rapid development during the puppy period, it must eat as much high-calorie food as possible. But if you consume too much fat, it can easily damage your digestive organs. Therefore, you can feed it after removing the fat part from the meat, or you can feed it less fat-rich foods such as minced meat