Feeding of dogs at different ages

1. Feed puppies before 3 months old four or five times a day with soaked puppy food.

2. Puppies aged 3-8 months should be fed dry and hard puppy food three times a day.

3. Dogs after 8 months of age should be fed twice a day and start eating adult dog food.

4. Adult dogs can only be fed once a day, and there is no need to order three meals a day at regular intervals.

Precautions for feeding dogs

1. Feed mainly dog ​​food. Do not feed human food, especially food with high fat and salt content. , so as not to harm the dog's health and cause obesity or kidney disease.

2. Prevent partial eclipse. If your dog develops the bad habit of being picky about food, it must be corrected.

3. Feeding time. Generally, adult dogs are fed one meal a day in the evening or divide the day's food into two feedings, once in the morning and once in the evening. Puppies have a small stomach capacity and should be fed 3 to 4 times a day. They should eat small meals frequently.

4. Feeding amount. Feeding amount depends to a large extent on the size of the dog and its daily energy consumption. Because large dogs require more energy than small dogs, and dogs with high activity levels require more energy than dogs with low activity levels. For example, if the weight is about 60 kilograms and the activity is 1 hour per day, A large dog needs about 11,000 kilojoules of energy per day for 1 hour to 2 hours, while a small dog only needs 500 kilojoules to 3,500 kilojoules of energy.

5. Not feeding them full meals, long-term overeating will cause gastrointestinal diseases in dogs, and long-term insufficient food intake can also lead to malnutrition. When feeding a dog, you should feed it 80% full, but this amount needs to be determined by carefully observing the dog's eating situation.