A dog's life.
It can be roughly divided into the following stages.
According to Newick research, the physiological and growth stages of dogs are divided into:
Weaning, puppies, seniles
and adult during pregnancy and lactation
Including the disease period and recovery period of different diseases
All belong to a special stage of growth, and have different needs for three meals a day, and parents need to pay special attention.
Prepare for formal weaning. In addition to continuing to breastfeed your baby, you can start adding complementary foods to your baby to compensate for the mother's milk loss and to allow your baby to adapt to the new food after weaning. At this time, the easiest thing for a baby dog to digest is foods rich in animal proteins and animal fats, such as minced meat. Be careful not to feed the baby dog cereals at this stage. In order to allow the dog to accept the pellets in the future**, you can start feeding some weaning period ** in small amounts at the age of 6 weeks, such as choosing Newick series milk cake dog special food.
Note: During the weaning period, the number of complementary food meals should be gradually increased and the number of feedings should be reduced. At the same time, the diet of the dog mother should also be gradually changed from a high-protein confinement diet to a normal diet to reduce the milk production of the dog mother. The amount of feeding should be less than more, from less to more, so that the dog's stomach and intestines can slowly adapt.
Puppy baby dog growth and development is vigorous, the demand for protein, calories and calcium is higher than that of adult dogs, but the appetite is small, so in addition to following the principle of small number of feeding, should also be based on high-quality animal protein, fat and other high-nutrition, high-calorie food, reduce the proportion of carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals intake.
The dog baby has been completely weaned, all the nutritional needs must be met by solid food, and the body is in a stage of rapid growth and development, and the nutrients required per kilogram of body weight exceed that of adult dogs, especially protein, fat, DHA, calcium and other components.
At this stage, it is recommended to feed the dog a special food for puppies, which contains higher protein, fat and other nutrients than ordinary adult dog food, which is more in line with the growth and development needs of puppies.
Note: When the dog starts to change his teeth between 3 and 6 months, he or she will need to be provided with some food or tools to grind his teeth.
From the 5th week of pregnancy, fetal growth accelerates, and the female dog needs more nutrients. From this point onwards, the original regular adult dog food should be gradually replaced with puppy food or Newick six meat dog food to supplement nutrition. And from the 6th week gradually increase the amount of feeding, and at the 7th and 8th weeks, the size of the fetus is getting larger and larger, and the stomach capacity of the is limited, and it is necessary to eat small and frequent meals.
During lactation, the nutritional needs of female dogs are at their peak after 3 weeks of puppy birth. The heat demand will reach 3 to 4 times the usual amount. Throughout the lactation period, you should also eat puppy food and grain-free fresh meat dog food with the same nutritional value, and at the same time should prepare enough clean drinking water to ensure that the dog mother consumes sufficient protein and water, and at the same time, the dog mother needs to be supplemented with calcium-containing nutrients to prevent the dog mother from postpartum cramps.
Small and medium-sized dogs begin to reach old age at the age of 7, while large and giant dogs begin to reach old age from the age of 5. Regarding the feeding and maintenance methods of elderly dogs, it was also mentioned in the previous article, and you can also search for it.
Newick. May the furry child accompany us for a longer time