There are many ways to create the best diet for your dog. Keep in mind that it's better to not give your pet any food, as it could cause issues with its digestion. Furthermore, make sure that fresh water is always available to your puppy, so never take its bowl with fresh water away. Generally speaking, there is a plethora of different feeding regimes to choose from: completely dry diets, moist, semi-moist or tinned pet food with or without biscuit and a plethora of different home-made dog food. The most suitable diet for your dog should produce brown and firm stools.

On the other side, if your dog is producing light-colored or very soft stools or has diarrhea, then this particular diet may not suit your dog. Feed to your dog only dog food, do not use cat food to feed your dog. However, you are free to use an automatic pet feeder or pet water fountain if you feel so inclined. Keep in mind that any change in diet should be made gradually over at least ten days in order to avoid digestion issues and you should try the new food type for at least two weeks before making any additional changes.

Puppy diet: get support from the breeder

Puppies grow ten times faster than adult dogs and that's why they require a special diet for their physical development. That's why it's a good idea to use a specially made growth food. It's a good idea to ask a responsible breeder to give you an advice about your dog's diet. Feed your little dog four or even five little meals a day until the age of four months. Afterward, you can reduce its diet to three meals a day until your puppy is six months old when you can switch to two meals a day. You should keep this feeding regime for the rest of its life.

Look at the ingredients

High-quality ingredients in dog food are essential for health of your dog. Some brands of pet food are made from rather inexpensive nutritional ingredients that do not provide the best nutrition for your dog. While this low quality dog food may technically meet these legal specifications for minimum percentages of carbohydrates, protein, fat and other ingredients, these pet foods have lower energy values and lower quality proteins. That said, when you are looking for a high quality food for your dog, it's a good idea to review the list of ingredients on the back of the bag. Look for meat, fish or egg as the first or second ingredient on the list. These ingredients all have a high nutritional value, which means they have a very high percentage of high quality protein.

Good quality dog food contains enough:

• Protein
• Fiber
• Carbohydrates
• Fats

Store dog food properly

It's frustrating to research different pet foods, find the best one for your dog, purchase it and then find that it went bad in a matter of days. Not only is this a waste of your money, bad food can also threaten your pet's health. Always keep the dog food storage container or bag closed and as airtight as possible. As for dehydrated foods, these need to be protected from moisture. That said, too much moisture before the pet food is used sometimes unfortunately leads to the development of mold.

Conclusion

As long as your food is properly stored and of high quality, your pet should do fine with just about any food they prefer.

Bio

My name is Diana Hutchinson. I’m founder of Tipaw.com. I have more than 10-years’ experience in nurturing and caring dogs, cats. I love them. Since long ago they had been become important members of my family.