The dog gave birth to a baby, and the body is in urgent need of a lot of nutrition. At this stage, the owner needs to know what nutrition to give the dog to supplement, how to supplement correctly, and whether it should be supplemented or not.
Postpartum nutrition must be supplemented?
When the dog enters lactation after delivery, the diet at this time should not only meet its own nutritional needs, help the body recover quickly after delivery, but also meet the needs of milk production, so as to ensure that the milk dog can eat healthy and nutritious breast milk. At this stage, if the nutrition does not keep up, it will not only affect the health of the bitch, but also make the puppy's nutrition lag behind.
How to supplement nutrition after delivery
1 Dog Food Options for Postpartum Dogs
Lactating dogs should eat a high-calorie, high-protein, calcium-rich dog food, such as puppy food or high-quality full-term dog food.
Dietary supplements are very important.
(1) Make a big meal with milk
During the period of dog lactation, the owner can use milk, chicken soup, bone soup, fish soup, spinach, etc. To supplement the dog's nutrition (food replaced by milk, chicken, bone, fish) to help promote lactation. But be careful not to use old hens and fat chickens in chicken soup, because these chickens contain a lot of estrogen, which may affect the lactation of dogs.
In addition, it should be noted that if the dog eats too much protein at this time, it may cause breast blockage, so the owner should remember that meat should not be fed too much.
(2) Porridge with minced meat
Can be fed with nutritional liquid food such as minced meat porridge, soup and the like; the liquid food is convenient to chew, and the intestinal tract is easy to digest and absorb.
(3) Fresh beef and fish
After childbirth, we need to supplement a lot of protein to help cells rebuild. Beef is rich in protein, iron, zinc, magnesium and other nutrients, which can quickly help tissue repair and enrich the blood.
(4) Fresh fruits and vegetables
If you want your dog to recover as soon as possible after childbirth, you should also give your dog vitamin supplements; you should give your dog some fruit and vegetable foods such as carrot puree and apple puree.
3 Nutritional AIDS
Dietary supplements alone are not enough, owners also need to cooperate with some nutrients to help dogs recover better.
(1) Feeding goat milk powder
Postpartum dogs are weak, can feed goat milk powder, can reduce the burden of 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.
(2) Nutritional cream
Nutritional cream concentrates vitamins, fats, minerals and other nutrients, and has a very high nutritional density. In the process of feeding the dog, most of the nutrition in the body will be drunk by the puppy, and the wound recovery of the bitch will be slow after delivery, so the owner can feed the dog nutrition cream properly to supplement the nutrition quickly.
(3) Probiotic
Probiotics can help regulate the dog's intestines and stomach. After giving birth, dogs usually have a decreased appetite and digestive function is not so good. Therefore, it is suggested that owners add some probiotics to the dog's diet to improve its gastrointestinal function, promote digestion and absorption, and improve constipation.
(4) Supplement calcium
Lactating dogs are very prone to calcium deficiency, because calcium in the body will be lost with milk, when the dog's blood calcium concentration is too low, there will be convulsions, fever and other symptoms. Postpartum calcium deficiency not only seriously affects the health of dogs themselves, but also affects the development and growth of puppies. Therefore, the owner must not forget to give the lactating dog calcium supplements, if the dog has symptoms of postpartum calcium deficiency, should suspend breast-feeding and timely calcium supplements, until the dog has sufficient calcium in the body before breast-feeding.
(5) Protein powder
Postpartum dogs need to supplement protein when they want to milk, and it may not be enough to rely solely on dietary supplements. At this time, the owner can feed the dog protein powder in an appropriate amount.
(6) Fish oil
Fish oil is rich in mineral zinc, which can improve the immunity of dogs and promote wound healing.
