Dogs will go through many stages in the process of growing up. What nutrition does the dog need in different stages? How to feed the dog scientifically to make it grow up healthily? Follow Dr. E and you will understand!
Different food needed at different stages
What are the stages of dog growth?
The growth process of dogs can be roughly divided into puppies, adulthood, old age, pregnancy/lactation. Dogs of different body types are slightly different. Let's first understand the body type of your dog.
So what stage does the age of dogs of different body types correspond?
2 Puppies
(1) weaning transition period (4-8 weeks of age)
The dog was not completely weaned eight weeks ago and cannot be directly replaced with dog food. The shoveling officer can soak the dog food with milk powder and gradually change his diet. Do not add other foods and nutrients at will to prevent aggravating the burden on the intestines and stomach. If the dog indigestion can feed the right amount of probiotics and nutrition cream.
(2) Weaning period (8 weeks -12 weeks old)
After the dog is completely weaned, he can start to eat dog food by himself. The milk powder is fed as an extra meal for the dog. The feeding amount can be appropriately reduced, 1-2 times a day. However, the dog's teeth are still not strong enough to chew. You can soak the dog's food and feed it. You must remember to eat less and eat more, and feed it regularly.
(3) Dental change period (3 months old -4 months old)
From the age of 3 months, dogs are directly fed puppy food as staple food, and boiled chicken and duck meat are appropriately added. Meat can increase the protein intake of dogs, make dogs grow stronger, poultry meat is easy to digest, and is more suitable for the fragile intestines and stomach of 3-month-old babies. Choose pet milk powder or nutrition cream for snacks.
(4) Milling period (4 months old)
Four-month-old dogs begin to change their teeth and hair, and they need more comprehensive nutrition for growth. In addition to staple dog food, fish, egg yolk, milk powder and nutritional cream can be selected as nutritional supplements, and hair powder or seaweed powder can be fed to help dogs grow hair.
(5) Body shape change period (5-6 months old)
Long skeletal muscles are an important task for dogs at this stage, and calcium and protein supplements are very important. In addition to dog food as the main food, you can also choose beef and mutton, nutrition paste, molar bone, etc., if it is a large dog puppy also need to match the joint nutrition feeding oh.
(6) Mature period (7-12 months old)
After 6 months, the dog has entered puberty. The shoveling officer can choose beef and fish to add food to the dog. According to the dog's situation, he can choose other nutritional supplements, such as vitamins or trace elements to prepare for adult pregnancy.
3 adult period
Adult dog staple food is selected as dog food or whole dog food, which can be matched with appropriate amount of other nutrients according to needs, such as lecithin for dogs with more hair, joint nutrition for large dogs, probiotics for gastrointestinal conditioning for dogs with indigestion, etc.
4 Old age
Old dogs and people will also have obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc., teeth will gradually age and fall off, then need to feed the old dog food to limit the intake of excess nutrients, snacks choose nutrition paste, canned food and other soft food, easy to let the dog digest and chew.
Nutrition can choose these:
5 Pregnancy/lactation
After determining that the dog is pregnant, the staple food can be selected to be easily digestible puppy food based on chicken and duck meat. Pregnant dogs are prone to indigestion, calcium deficiency, etc. Probiotics are needed to help dogs regulate their intestines and proper calcium supplementation to ensure the healthy growth of babies. It should be noted that although pregnant dogs need nutrition very much, they should also pay attention to balanced matching and avoid feeding too much. Eating too much will not only make the female dog too fat, but also cause the fetus to be too large and cause production difficulties.
What can't dogs eat?
Some foods are delicious and healthy for humans, but they can be fatal for dogs. Dr. E needs to remind you that you must pay attention to the following foods!
