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This Lesson's Topic: Puppy Food
- Read the labels and make sure the food was made in accord with the nutritional profiles recommended by the American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) for all stages of a dog's life
- Some good brands like Royal Canin take it a step further and offer foods for specific dog breeds
- Make sure that you have a good protein source listed in the first few ingredients - e.g., lamb, fish, turkey, chicken, beef
- Check that the protein source is good quality and not listed as meat "by-products"
- Look for the list of vitamins and minerals included in the puppy food - the items and amounts should meet recommended standards of veterinarians and the AAFCO
- Don't bother with foods that use chemical preservatives like BHT, BHA, or ethoxoquin -- instead, look for puppy foods that use vitamin E as a natural preservative
- You can use occasional human food scraps to make his life more interesting, but be very careful -- foods that you would think are fine for people can be deadly for puppies and dogs -- things like grapes, raisins, chocolate, etc.
- Unless you make a point of learning how to get your dog a balanced diet from regular human grade foods, don't improvise. At least start off with a high quality puppy food for his or her developmental months with you
- If your puppy has skin problems or other symptoms of food allergies, try feeding puppy foods that are designed to be low in possible allergenic ingredients (i.e., avoid wheat, corn, beef, etc).
- In some cases, you may need to use limited ingredient foods from companies like Natural Balance or Blue Buffalo, in which the protein source may be fish, turkey, venison, or duck and the main carbohydrate may be brown rice or sweet potato
- Use a stainless steel bowl for your puppy's food if possible -- it is more durable and easier to keep free of germs than plastic or ceramic bowls (and can't break if you drop it). Dogs love to chew and lick the bowl to get the last crumb or drop of food, and that can quickly damage bowls made of plastic or ceramic (and the paint chips may be bad for them)
- How
often to feed your puppy? At first, he may do best with 3 feedings per
day, but as he gets older than 10 weeks, you can probably reduce the
frequency to 2 feedings per day
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puppy's individual care. We cannot guarantee that you will achieve the
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