After surgery, after childbirth, and under various special circumstances, parents should pay attention to the dog's additional nutrition and lay the cornerstone of dog health. There’s a lot to consider when it comes to nutritional supplementation; you shouldn’t supplement haphazardly, as improper intake can backfire.
These situations must be addressed.
1 dog after birth
Dogs enter lactation after childbirth. At this time, the diet should not only meet their own nutritional needs, help the body recover quickly after childbirth, but also meet the needs of milk production to ensure that the dairy dog eats healthy and nutritious breast milk.
Two dogs after surgery.
After the operation, the dog's body will be weak. If the nutritional supplement is not in place, the body will recover slowly, which may affect the dog's health in the future.
3 Seniors/Puppies
Older dogs and puppies have different nutritional needs. They need more nutrition than adult dogs and need to take in more calcium, because the bones of puppies are still developing, and older dogs will have osteoporosis.
4 Pica
When dogs suffer from pica, they will eat leaves, soil, corners, poop and other things, because these things contain the trace elements they need to supplement nutrition in time to prevent going out to eat.
5 Picky Eaters
If the dog is picky, then the dog's nutrition is definitely not enough, and it is not balanced enough, so it must be supplemented with a certain amount of nutrition, and we must help it change the picky food.
6 single diet structure
Long-term only eat dog food dog nutrition is not enough, in addition to eating dog food, owners can match different healthy ingredients, so that the dog's nutrition will be more balanced.
7 weak gastrointestinal absorption is not good
Gastrointestinal function is relatively poor dog, the absorption of nutrients is not good enough, staple food can choose to contain crude fiber, easy to absorb dog food, and then feed some probiotics, in order to protect the stomach, promote digestion and absorption.
8 Calcium deficiency
Dogs are calcium deficient, their teeth will be unbalanced, and their legs and feet will not be flexible. Therefore, the feeding owner should pay attention to diet matching when feeding, and can feed some foods with high calcium content.
How to supplement? Diet matters.
1 Choose the right dog food
(1) Postpartum lactation dog food selection
Breastfeeding dogs are fed high-protein, digestible and calcium-rich high-nutrition dog food, such as puppy food and lactating dog food.
(2) Selection of dog food for postoperative recovery period
The dog's postoperative diet should be light and easy to digest. Don't feed the dog fishy hair, otherwise the dog's wound will be difficult to heal. The best choice for dog food is not oil, not fishy, not salty, high protein, high nutrition, rich in vitamin natural food.
(3) puppy/old dog dog food selection
the best choice of puppy dog food, elderly dogs best choice of old dog food. Relative to adult dogs, young dogs need to develop and have more calcium. Elderly dogs need to prevent osteoporosis and have the same calcium content.
(4) the stomach weak dog food choice
Low-salt light, nutritious, and contains probiotics dog food, especially for dogs with weak intestines and stomach, poor absorption, in addition, it is recommended to add some fruits and vegetables, nutrition will be more adequate.
2 feeding goat milk powder
Puppies, elderly dogs, female dogs after surgery, after production and other special periods of weakness of the dog, can be fed with goat milk powder, can reduce the burden on the dog's stomach, easy to absorb, and rich in protein and other trace elements, can be a good supplement to the dog's lack of nutrition.
3 Don’t forget to take calcium supplements.
lactating female dog in the body of calcium with the loss of milk, easy to calcium deficiency, not only seriously affect the female dog health, will also affect the development of puppies. In addition, puppies, old dogs and dogs that have undergone orthopedic surgery also need appropriate calcium supplements. In addition to choosing dog food with high calcium content, you can also pick some calcium-rich snacks and health products.
4 supplementary nutrition cream
Nutrient paste is rich in vitamins, fats, minerals, and other nutrients, boasting an exceptionally high nutrient density. Postpartum dogs in the process of feeding puppies, most of the nutrition in the body will be drunk by puppies, and the wound recovery of the mother dog after childbirth will be relatively slow. At this time, proper feeding of nutrition cream to the mother dog can help it absorb nutrition quickly.
5 Probiotics
Dogs after production and surgery usually have a decreased appetite and digestive function. Prebiotics can help to adjust the intestines and stomach of dogs, promote digestion and absorption, and improve constipation.
6 Protein Powder
Postpartum dogs need a lot of protein when they want to give milk. It is not necessarily enough to rely on staple food alone. Feeding protein powder to dogs in an appropriate amount can help supplement protein.
7 Fish oil
Fish oil is rich in mineral zinc, which helps to improve the dog's body immunity and accelerate the dog's wound healing.
