This often becomes an important question
asked by many dog lovers and dog owners.
If it is a puppy within age of the first six weeks, the puppies need to
be given milk at the rate of five to seven times per day. The puppy will make
some sound if it wants to feed in general.
However,
the feeding frequency may be reduced when the dog becomes six to eight weeks
old. By the time the dog assumes the age of four weeks, it may start taking of
some solid food. Hence, mix the solid food with water in majority and feed your
puppy once or twice in the beginning and if the dog develops some diarrhea,
then delay the feeding.
Most
of the times, it is due to trial and error but taking some basic steps in
feeding, so you need to watch out. The
feeding frequency may be changed to two to three times after the assumption of
age of eight weeks. However, if the dog
is seen hungry craving for food, then provide food once than the estimated
numbers. This varies with different breeds of dogs.
However,
avoid feeding too many times in this age group of dogs. Around three months to
six months of age, the puppy will be teething. Hence, restrict the feeding to
two times only but the balanced type of nutrition needs to be provided to the
dogs of this age group to avoid the deficiency based symptoms in them.
From
six months to one year, try using puppy food that is available
commercially. However, from first year
onwards, the adult food may be given gradually.
However, when the dog becomes an elder dog, restrict the frequency of
feeding since the movements of such adult dogs are highly reduced due to
multiple reasons. However, the pregnant
animal may be fed an extra time depending on the willingness of the animal and
restrict the quantity of the food but without compromising on the quality of
food.
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