Spaniels are hunting dogs, so from the first days of the appearance of a puppy in your house, you should know that you are raising a future tireless and inquisitive hunter, and proper feeding is necessary for its normal growth and development. The puppy's diet should be balanced and varied. He should not overeat, and receive all the mineral salts, vitamins, proteins, fats and carbohydrates necessary for proper development.
Instructions
Step 1
For the first 4-5 days after the puppy arrives in the house, continue to feed him as he is used to and do not introduce new foods. Ask the breeder in detail about the diet and diet of the puppy. After an adaptation period of up to 2 months, the spaniel puppy should be fed six times - at 6:00, 10:00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00 and the last at 23:00. Give him porridge, cottage cheese and meat at the first and last feeding and at 13:00. At 10:00 - only cottage cheese, at 16:00 - cottage cheese and porridge, at 19:00 - cottage cheese and meat. In the first days, the volume of each feeding should be 3 teaspoons.
Step 2
Introduce new foods into the puppy's diet gradually, starting with 1 tablespoon. This is a necessary measure in case of individual intolerance or the appearance of an allergic reaction. After a trial feed, it should take at least 12 hours to ensure that the product is suitable for the puppy.
Step 3
From 2 to 4 months, feed the puppy 5 times, from 4 to 6 already 4 times, from 6 to 8 months - 3 times, from 8 to 10 months - 2 times, then, by the year, transfer it to a one-time meal. If the weight of the dog will exceed the norm, do a deloading day a week.
Step 4
From meat, spaniel puppies can be given beef cut into pieces (the dog's stomach does not digest minced meat), meat of domestic chickens in raw and boiled form, boiled heart, liver, kidneys and lungs. Do not give lamb and pork. Fish - only boiled seafood, very rarely raw. Give eggs 1-2 times a week, hard-boiled.
Step 5
Give your puppy rolled oats as a source of fiber, carbohydrates and vitamins. Mix rice and buckwheat in a 1: 1 ratio. You cannot feed with millet and pearl barley.
Step 6
From fermented milk products, kefir, fermented baked milk, bio-yogurt are recommended. Until 9-10 months, give only calcined cottage cheese, to which you can add crushed egg shells.
Step 7
Almost all stewed and boiled vegetables are useful for the puppy, but do not forget to add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil to them, without which they will not be assimilated in the puppy's stomach. From fruits it can be apples, bananas and pears. Citrus fruits are excluded.
Step 8
From two months, give him vitamins "For puppies", which are sold in veterinary pharmacies, and dried seaweed as a source of natural iodine, which is necessary for the development of your future hunting assistant.
