Some people think that feeding a dog with the best meat will make it strong. In fact, feeding dogs in this way not only costs a lot, but also causes most dogs to have diarrhea, resulting in indigestion, which is difficult to absorb. In order to obtain energy, puppies need to break down the protein of meat; in fact, these can be obtained from carbohydrates. In addition, meat is also lacking in vitamins A, D, and E.
Under normal circumstances, any puppies who are fed too much meat or are fed only with meat (especially from 3 months old to 12 months old), there must be something wrong with the formation of bones, because the calcium and meat Phosphorus is out of proportion. In other words, less calcium and more phosphorus. In addition, feeding only meat will also cause poor nutrition and rickets in the puppy.
Give your dog some calcium powder
Whether our dog is purebred or not, it needs to be fed calcium powder from puppyhood. Calcium powder has the same effect as calcium tablets and is very important for the growth of puppy bones. Without calcium, the teeth and bones will not function properly. In particular, dogs with a large proportion of bones, such as Boxer, Lowe, St. Bernard, Great Dane, Rhodesian Lionhound, etc., need more calcium in their puppyhood. Therefore, when we feed puppies every day, we must add an appropriate amount of calcium powder to the food. Puppies eat calcium powder for easier absorption.
So how much calcium powder is appropriate to feed?
A typical growing puppy needs one teaspoon of calcium powder per day for every 2.2 kilograms (about 5 pounds). In other words, as the puppy gains weight, the amount of calcium powder should also increase proportionally. After the puppy is 1 year old, it enters the growth period; from then onwards, one teaspoon of calcium powder is needed per 4.5 kg (about 10 pounds) per day. Relatively speaking, the portion size has been halved, because after the developmental period, the growth of bones and teeth has gradually stabilized, and so much calcium powder is not needed. Another point to note is that the puppy must have proper exercise every day in order to absorb calcium powder; otherwise, feeding too much calcium powder will be harmful and unhelpful.
