Competent feeding of puppies

The diet of a small puppy is a priority issue for the owner, because so much depends on it: growth, health, development of the dog. For everything to go like clockwork, the baby needs to get all the missing vitamins and nutrients. Among other things, food should be balanced.

How to feed a puppy per month

Three weeks is a very tender age. It is at this time that the first complementary feeding should begin. It often happens that the owners begin to feed puppy simple food from the table. But this is the worst mistake, because the puppy is the same child, and you will not feed a month-old baby with a piece of fish or steak. A small dog also needs special food.

What can you give your puppy:

• As soon as the puppy is one month old, start giving him cottage cheese, but only low-fat and no more than twenty grams a day.
• Stir the pasteurized milk with white bread crumb and egg.
• A little fidget definitely needs meat. Give him minced meat, but just a little. Start with half a teaspoon. And add two servings daily.
• Boil vegetables every day. Pass them through a blender and mix into a gruel. Serving should start with no more than 50 grams per day, eventually increasing the serving to 150 grams.
• Starting from a month and a half, introduce porridge into the diet: rice, buckwheat, and so on.

In no case should a three-week-old baby be given fish!

Remember, you must train your puppy to sleep at night, to be awake during the day. Feed him a little up to five times a day.

This period is very important and difficult, so do not forget to take the puppy to the veterinarian for a checkup. You may need to take a course of vitamins to strengthen bone tissue.

Also, do not forget that your pet's nutrition will depend on the breed. After all, you cannot feed the Bolonka and the Dog in the same way. Larger dogs should get more protein than small dogs.

How to feed a puppy at 2 months

When the puppy is two months old, his diet should include:

• up to 45% meat;
• 20% vegetables;
• 40% of dairy products.

The puppy must definitely eat kefir, cottage cheese, yogurt. Most often, there are no problems with milk, but in extreme cases it can cause diarrhea. This means that it is too oily. In this case, you need to change the product to a less fatty one.

The baby needs protein, and this is meat, fish and eggs. As for meat, you can only give it fresh if it is from livestock. The store option is best boiled beforehand. Do not forget to grind it in a blender or pass it through a meat grinder, as a two-month-old baby is not yet able to cope with a whole piece.

Only protein can be given from eggs. Start with one egg per day and gradually increase the portion. From three months you can start giving the yolk.

At two months, a sea fish is introduced into complementary foods. It is important that she be boneless. Before giving to the puppy, it must be boiled and peeled.

From two months old, vegetables can be fed raw. Don't force your dog to eat vegetables if he doesn't want to. In this case, it is worth going for a little trick - just grind them finely and add to fish or meat.

Porridge is best cooked in meat broth. Since the dog already knows the taste of meat and fish, it is unlikely to start eating empty porridge on the water, besides, it will be much more useful in broth.

What can you feed your puppies?

When it comes to food choices, the dog relies entirely on its sense of smell, since its taste buds are completely absent. That is why some dogs are more fond of berries, and some more meat.

There are several ways of feeding these days pet:

1. Food made from natural products, which is prepared directly by the owner himself.
2. Store food, it comes in the form of dry cookies and canned food.
3. Combining food - natural food + store food.

There is, of course, the fourth option, and, unfortunately, it happens most often. The dog feeds on what is left after the owners' meal. This is categorically wrong and harmful for a baby, and for an adult dog, so you shouldn't even talk about him.

The puppy's nutrition should be balanced and include the required amount of protein, fat and carbohydrates. That is, everything should be in moderation and milk, and meat, and vegetables. You cannot feed your pet, say, only meat or vegetables.

Very often, precisely because of the difficulties with the balance in food, dog breeders choose the easiest way - to buy store food. After all, this is much easier than standing and boiling something at the stove. But, unfortunately, not all food of this kind is good. It often causes allergic reactions or digestive problems in dogs. This is due to the fact that even a specialized store cannot protect you 100% from counterfeiting. And when you cook on your own, it's a completely different matter.

Dry food for puppies

Dry food is a completely finished product. You don't need to heat, mix or dilute anything. All that is required of you is to carefully read the packaging and choose exactly what your pet needs, based on its breed, age and preferences.

Dry food is divided into several types:

• Top class or super premium food. This is the most expensive and the best type of dry food. It contains only the highest quality natural ingredients.
• First class feed. They are balanced and meet all the necessary criteria at the global level.
• Middle class. This feed has both quality and price from the name.
• Economy class. This option is neither balanced nor quality. The only positive aspect of this feed is its low price.

How much to feed a puppy per day

The number of times a puppy is fed is based on its age. The smaller the puppy, the more often it will have to be fed. Somewhere at the age of three weeks, the puppy is allowed to eat on its own, slowly transferring it from feeding with mother's milk to a simple meal.

Number of feedings per day:

• up to 6 times a day puppies up to two months;
• from 2 to 4 months, babies feed no more than 4 times a day;
• after 4 and up to 6 months, feeding is reduced to 3-4 times a day;
• from 6 to 10 months, eat three meals a day;
• starting from 10 months, meals should be two meals a day.

Remember that you should never feed your puppy at night! At this time, he should rest.

What you shouldn't feed your puppies

At absolutely any age, up to old age, the dog should not be fed cold or hot food. This is a taboo that any owner must remember.

Also, puppies should not be fed:

• flour and confectionery products;
• beans;
• grapes;
• plums;
• spicy and fried foods;
• salt (you can add a little salt to food, but in no case oversalt, or just give salt);
• various additives and sauces;
• any bones, you can cook broth on them, but they themselves should not get to the puppy.