Feeding Your Dog – How Much To Give Them

When it comes to feeding your dog many people will give different types of answers based on their experience with their own dogs. However, the scientific facts related to the feeding aspects of dogs need to be given more emphasis over opinions and individual experiences.

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What to Consider when Feeding your Dog

Usually puppies should not be separated from their mother before they reach eight weeks old. However, some times orphaned puppies do exist.

Usually about five percent of the body weight may be taken as criteria for the quantity of food to be given to a puppy. However, the amount that is consumed when feeding your dog varies with the size of the dogs also.

However, one rule of thumb of feeding the puppy goes until you see a visible fullness of their abdomen to a moderate degree.

Pay Attention to a Dogs Appearance

If you intend on feeding your dog without paying attention to the animal’s stomach appearance, then the puppy may experience some kind of digestive upset. And that may be accompanied by diarrhea.

This may cause inconveniences for the owner as well as the puppy. Unlike adult dogs, puppies need to be fed with smaller amounts of food but with more frequency.

However, as they advance in age, the amount of food may be increased when feeding your dog to some extent. But the frequency of the feeding is often decreased as well.

Feeding your Dog a Raw Diet

If you are feeding your dog a raw diet they may consume only two to four percent of their body weight. Just closely observe the feeding pattern of the dog and their body condition.

If the dog starts to become obese, just reduce the amount of food given when feeding your dog. And if the your dog becomes thin, then just increase the amount of food given at each feeding.

They Will Eat More

As mentioned earlier, when feeding your dog, puppies and adolescent dogs eat more than adult dogs. Likewise, a geriatric dog will eat less than an adult dog due to their reduced movements. Also, remember to restrict the amount of protein from the diet given to more aged dogs.

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