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Weaning Your Puppy
from:Whether a newborn puppy is fed by his own mother or by his owner, he must eventually be taught to depend on something besides milk for his food. This learning process is called "weaning", and represents the changing of a puppy's diet from liquid to solid. At about three to four weeks of age, as soon as their eyes open and they are able to move about with some ease, most puppies will begin to experiment with the solid foods being fed to their mother. When this happens it is time to begin to teach the puppies to eat from the pan.
Instituting such an early feeding procedure accomplishes four important things. First, it allows you to feed the puppies a food that is more satisfactory for them than the food you are feeding their mother. Second, it speeds up the weaning process because the puppies will learn to eat solid food at an earlier age. Third, it begins the social interaction between the puppy and his owners. And finally, it allows you to reduce the mother's intake of food at the same rate you increase that of her puppies. The latter prevents the mother from overeating as the early feeding of her pups promotes reduced lactation.
Weaning is a learning process in which the pups' digestive system is trained to eat solid foods. Before the puppy is born, he is fed by his mother with pre digested nutrients. When he is whelped the puppy drinks the mother's milk. The mother's milk contains some of the most digestible nutrients that a puppy can eat. At weaning the puppy's digestive system must learn to handle each new food in turn, as it comes to him. Similar to all learning processes, the weaning process cannot be taught faster than the puppy's ability to learn.
In formulating the diet, the ingredients that make up the food fed to a puppy that is starting to wean must be highly digestible and non irritating. An excellent weaning diet can be made easily by preparing slurry using a specialized dietary animal foods designed to be fed to patients with gastro intestinal disorders, mixed into equal parts of the mother's milk substitutes. "Half and half" coffee cream can also be used. High quality ration type commercial foods also make adequate solid foods to mix with the liquid part of the diet. In all cases, ¼ to ½ tablespoonful of grated, raw liver should be added to each can of food just before it is mixed. The slurry can be either beaten with a fork or mixed in a blender.
For larger breeds, it may be more practical to use the higher quality, expanded dry foods in combination with the canned foods to blend with the liquids. Addition of dry foods may also help these larger, faster growing puppies to get sufficient nutrients in the quantity of food they are able to consume in. Whatever the mixture used, the quantity of milk substitute in it is gradually reduced, so that when the puppy is about six or seven weeks old, he is only eating pure, solid food.
Taking Stock Of The Quality Of Food Given To Your Dog
Most dog owners whose pets are household family members consider it an inconvenience to evaluate dog food They usually feed only one or two dogs, never weigh them, and rarely keep any records on them at all Many base their selection of a dog food solely on how well their dog eats it, not on what the food does for their dog nutritionally Moreover, the shopper for the dogand#39;s food is usually the.....More on Flint River Ranch Dog Food
The Growing Puppy
After the puppy has been weaned, he can begin to learn how to handle and digest different types of new foods During the next 12 to 18 months of his life, he will continue to learn how to cope with the variety of new foods he eats For the first six to eight months of that period the puppy will be both growing and using nutrients and energy at an incredible rate If a food is fed containing ing.....More on Flint River Ranch Dog Food
Dog Food: 5 Types Of Commercial Dog Food You Might Want To Consider
Just a few years ago, feeding your dog was so much simpler compared to todayand#39;s nutritional advice I remember when my parentand#39;s dog ate whatever the whole family would eat, including dessert! In addition to table scraps, he also ate commercial dog food That dog had a happy life and lived well into his mid-teens without contracting any serious illness or disease Picking a commercial dog food w.....More on Flint River Ranch Dog Food
Three Steps To Determine How Much Food To Give Your Puppy
To determine the amount of food to begin with when you start feeding a growing puppy, apply the following steps: Step 1: Find a puppy feeding chart and determine the number of calories per pound of body weight your puppy should have for his age For example, a 7 week old pup weighing five pounds needs 400 calories every day Step 2: Divide the number of calories contained in a pound of .....More on Flint River Ranch Dog Food
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