Dietary Management of Adult Dogs

It only needs to be fed once a day and eight percent full after a walk. In less than a year, the puppy has begun to enter the dog's world. After 8 months of birth, the number of feeding can be reduced to 2 times a day. For dogs over 1 year old, the feeding frequency should be changed to once a day. By this time, the dog's physique is similar to that of an adult dog, the stomach capacity has also increased, and the food eaten at one time is enough to provide the energy needed for the whole day. In order to keep the dog healthy, the principle of feeding is to let him eat eight percent full.

The feeding time must be fixed every day.

Feeding time can be in the morning or evening, it is best to walk back to defecate, comb hair, tidy up and then feed, so that its daily life is regular. Newly grown adult dogs are lively and active and consume a lot of physical energy, so they must pay attention to providing nutritious and high-calorie food. In order to prevent it from getting too fat, try not to feed other food except dinner. However, in order to make its teeth age, bones and jaws longer, it can occasionally be given some calcium-rich cow or pig bones to gnaw. It's not good to eat too much bone. It's enough to give it twice a week. Indoor dogs usually live longer than large outdoor dogs. Although each dog is not exactly the same, it is usually referred to as the active period when it is 2-7 years old, and after 8-9 years old it is already equivalent to the middle age of human beings.

From then on, the dog will gradually lose its vitality and gradually develop the characteristics of an old dog. The metabolism of dogs in old age has been declining, the amount of calories consumed has also been reduced, and health problems must be put on the agenda.

During this period, you can feed it some foods with low protein content and low fat content.

Calorie consumption of small and micro dogs

Small and miniature dogs such as Pomeranian and Chihuahua burn more calories per kilogram of body weight than large dogs such as Pyrenees and Swiss rescue dogs. Therefore, although small and large dogs do not eat as much as large dogs, they exceed the latter relative to their body weight to meet more calorie needs. Therefore, diet management is more important for small dogs.

How to calculate the food supply

The average daily food supply can be calculated by observing the dog's food intake within 3-4 days, and then the average daily food supply can be calculated. This amount can be slightly reduced, so that the dog wants to eat more after eating it up. This is almost the so-called "eight percent full". If it is easy to be obese if it is full every day, the principle of eight percent fullness must be strictly observed.

If the dog plans to change from feeding food to special dog food after adulthood, he can first cut the family meal by half and then mix it with some heart dog food, and then slowly increase the proportion of special dog food every day. If the dog really doesn't like it, he can stop eating for 1-2 days. This will not have much effect on the dog, as long as it persists for a period of time, the dog will get used to eating special dog food.

Matters needing attention in the diet of aged dogs

When the dog is old, it can also make it more comfortable. the poor gastrointestinal function of the old dog, coupled with less activity, is very easy to cause constipation, so it can add some plant fiber to it. If the old dog's teeth are not very good, you can change the hard special dog food to softer dog food.