That the pet lived long, healthy life, he needs to be fed correctly. Food has to be to a full-fledged and nutritious, low-fat and suitable dog on age, activity and the sizes.
Dogs of small breeds are exacting to competent leaving. They have a sensitive digestive tract therefore it is impossible to feed such pets with food from a table. It is not recommended to buy also a usual forage which is given to representatives of large and average breeds. The structure of teeth, metabolism, susceptibility to low-quality food — all this plays a paramount role both in health, and in life expectancy of your favourite.
Naturalka or drying
Specialists dog handlers disagree about what forage nevertheless is more useful: natural or dry. Usually the owner stops on drying if there is no time every day to cook fresh food for the pet. In that case it is necessary to watch that granules of a forage were no more than one centimeter in the diameter. All ingredients have to correspond to needs of a little dog strictly. If excess of fats, carbohydrates is noticeable, then it is better to refuse such forage.
Toy terriers, Pekineses, Yorkshire terriers, shih-tzu, papilyona, Japanese chins and other kids are very sensitive to food in the first months after transition from maternal milk to independent feeding. During this period all features of functioning of digestive system are put. In a diet the existence of low-fat fermented milk products, meat (beef), sea fish and vegetables is obligatory.
It is natural that meat and fish have to be certified — it demonstrates quality of products. If there are suspicions that the dog can be infected with helminths or other parasites, then it is possible to drench meat with boiled water or to take in it 2-3 minutes. Natural food also, as well as drying, has to be small cut.
Features of a dry feed
Usually in cheap jars and packages there is nothing useful and necessary for a little dog. Not to do much harm to the pet, it is better to address professional lines of forages: • Hills; • Purina; • Royal Canin and to others. Producers offer a dry feed, canned food and delicacies for doggies of small breeds of different age. If a quality product, then, besides necessary nutrients, it contains still vitamins and minerals. It is regular your pet should not overeat drying, otherwise it is fraught with locks, intestinal microflora violation, and as a result, slackness, heart troubles and short life of a dog. Special forages which do not cause rash, a hair loss and other unpleasant reactions of an organism are developed for animals allergic persons.