Labradors can adapt to all the habits of their owner and to the food that he eats himself. But it would be more correct to compose a diet for your dog, in which proteins, and carbohydrates, and fats, and vitamins with minerals will be present. And all this must be in the right proportion.
Instructions
Step 1
Dry balanced feed
When buying a balanced food for your dog, it is not enough just to put it in a bowl and give it to the pet. Before you feed him with dry food, the latter must first be soaked in cold boiled water. This should be done half an hour before feeding the dog. For a change, you can soak the food in kefir two to three times a week. If you are feeding your dog a balanced diet, there is no need to add vitamin supplements. Is that only bone meal or a complex of calcium and phosphorus.
Dry balanced food has many advantages. It is balanced in energy and nutrients according to the age of the dog (this is the case if the food is premium). This feed can be stored in a bag at room temperature for a very long time. You don't need to waste time cooking for your dog, and the smell of such food does not irritate the person. But, like any product, dry food has its drawbacks. So, due to the small volume of dry food, the dog's stomach cannot stretch, because of this it will be difficult to transfer your pet to natural food. Most dry food contains additives that stimulate appetite, in other words, your dog eats it not because he is hungry, but because the food smells good. When using dry food, and even soaked, the pet's teeth do not receive the required load from which plaque or tartar is formed (you need to give the dog bones and brush her teeth with a toothbrush). Premium dry food is not cheap, and buying middle or economy class food, you will still spend a lot of money, but already on the treatment of your pet, since cheap food disrupts metabolism.
Step 2
Natural feed
Feeding a Labrador puppy with natural food is the most difficult and time-consuming option, since a novice dog breeder will have to puzzle over how to take into account all the needs of the puppy's body. However, every task has its own solution. Feed your pet as varied as possible, but do not forget about vitamin and mineral supplements. For example, Canina Welpenkalk + Canina V25 or Hokamix30 + bone meal. Since complex chemical and biological processes constantly occur in the dog's body, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and water must enter the body along with the food. Everything must be done in the right proportion and in sufficient quantity. The need for certain nutrients is different, as it all depends on the age of the dog, its physiological condition, the season and even where it lives.
Step 3
The daily diet of an adult dog: 10-20 g of meat per 1 kg of body weight, 5-6 g of porridge (carbohydrates) per 1 kg of body weight. For puppies and puppy bitches, 2-3 times less. The ratio of protein and plant foods for an adult dog is 2: 1, and for a puppy is 3: 1. In the second half of the day and at night, the puppies increase the secretion of gastric juice, which helps to improve digestion and assimilation of food. Therefore, the main portions (evening) consist of meat, vegetables, yolk and vitamins A, D and E, F.
Step 4
Essential substances for a puppy: proteins (meat, cottage cheese) - 45 g per 1 kg of body weight, carbohydrates (cereals) - 15 g per 1 kg of body weight, and vegetables - 5 g per 1 kg of puppy weight. Eggs should be given only boiled. Vegetables must also be boiled, and fruits are already given raw. The meat is served raw or cooked in boiling water for five minutes. Cut it into pieces before serving. You can give fish, but only boiled and without bones. Of cereals, only buckwheat and rice are desirable.
Step 5
There is another way of feeding, the most beneficial is mixed feeding. For example: you can give dry food for breakfast, and raw meat and porridge with vegetables for dinner. Plus, during the day, you need to give food for gnawing: beef trachea, shoulder blades, knees. The main rule of mixed feeding is not to mix dry food and natural food in the same bowl.
Step 6
Keep in mind that chocolate is liver-damaging due to its high fat content. Sugar and sweets - lead to obesity, tartar deposition and deterioration of tooth enamel. Salty dog food is poisonous, and salt should only be used in limited cases. Onion - causes acute poisoning, it can be given only in boiled form. Spices and hot spices - cause burns of the gastric mucosa, sharply impair the sense of smell. Mushrooms are not digested in any way! Butter / margarine / sour cream / cream - in addition to obesity, they cause acute allergies, liver inflammation, and indigestion. Pasta leads to stomach volvulus.
