Practical Tips On Feeding Puppies
A lot of new puppy owners are very uncertain when it comes to feeding puppies.
As such, one of the first things that new puppy owners are asking for is some good puppy feeding advice.
You have a lot of options to decide on what is the best food to feed a puppy.
However what I would like to share here with you is some practical tips on feeding puppies.
Practical Tips On Feeding Puppies
As such, one of the first things that new puppy owners are asking for is some good puppy feeding advice.
You have a lot of options to decide on what is the best food to feed a puppy.
However what I would like to share here with you is some practical tips on feeding puppies.
Practical Tips On Feeding Puppies
- Water is one of the most important things to your puppy.
Make sure that you always provide fresh water for your puppy.
If you are feeding your puppy with food that has moisture; for example your own home cooked food or commercial can food, then your puppy may not require so much water - If you stay in a hot climate, give the right quantity of food to your puppy so that he will finish all the food without any leftovers.
This is because food in hot weather may go bad quickly due to bacteria and may also attract flies - If you need to feed your puppy commercial food in a can, make sure that you keep the unfinished food in the original can but cover it up with a plastic food wrap and put it in a fridge.
Let the food stand until room temperature before you feed your puppy - Always look carefully at the labels of commercial dog foods.
They will be clearly marked "complete" or "complimentary".
A "complete" food will provide all the nutrition your puppy needs while the "complimentary" food is designed to be eaten with other food to give the complete nutrition to your puppy - Never at any time feed you puppy left over human food or table scraps as these may upset the stomach of your puppy
- Puppies grow at a faster rate than adult dogs.
As such they need to eat more frequently than adult dogs.
However the thing is not to feed them a big amount at one go.
This is because puppies have very small stomachs.
Depending upon their age, generally you would feed them from 3 to 4 times a day as compared to adult dogs where you only need to feed them twice a day - Try not to make sudden changes to your puppy's diet.
This is because their stomach may not be used to the sudden switch.
If you need to, make the switch gradually over a period of time