Puppies of a Labrador, as well as puppies of any other breed, need the timely and balanced feeding. Respect for necessary norms as for feeding of a dog, is the key to her health and longevity.
In order that the Labrador lived long and happy life, pleasing owners with the charm and boundless devotion, first of all it is necessary to take care of its correct feeding. Eating only that food which contains necessary amount of useful substances, vitamins and minerals, the puppy will actively grow and develop. The balanced food will promote formation of a skeleton and teeth of a puppy and also the correct development of the immune system.
It is possible to feed a puppy of a Labrador with polnoratsionny dry feeds or natural food. In either case it is necessary to adhere to certain recommendations not to do much harm to an animal. It is important to remember that dogs of breed a Labrador are very inclined to obesity therefore it is not recommended to overfeed an animal.
Dry feeds
For many feeding of a dog ready-made dry feeds – priority option and quite reasonable. The dry feed contains all minerals and vitamins, necessary for a puppy, besides such type of feeding is very convenient as it takes not enough time. However there are some moments about which each owner of a Labrador has to know. The first and most important – never should be given to a dog a cheap dry feed. So-called "economy options" is not appropriate here as in their structure can be anything, but only not natural and useful substances. Eating cheap dry feeds which beautiful advertizing it is possible to see on TV nearly each ten minutes, the dog can get whole "bunch" of diseases. Everything can begin with a lock or diarrhea, and to end with very serious diseases of stomach, liver and other vitals. That similar did not happen, it is necessary to buy forages only of the producers checked by dog breeders among which Royal Canin, Hill's, Purina Pro Plan. Under these trademarks the most available are on sale a super premium of a forage, but if finance allows, it is possible to buy products of such firms as Orijen, Innova EVO, Acana and others. Important: having stopped the choice on any given forage of a super premium class, it is necessary to adhere to the recommendations of the producer accurately. As a rule, on the packing of a forage all norms of feeding, depending on age and the mass of a puppy are registered.
Natural forages
When feeding by natural food, it is necessary to take care of that at a diet of a puppy of a Labrador there was always a crude meat which is a source of protein and irreplaceable amino acids. Except meat, for a dog such products as sea fish and cottage cheese will be extremely useful. From meat products the puppies of a Labrador can give only beef as this meat contains not enough fat. Also the dog can be fed and an offal – sometimes to give the boiled thoroughly beef liver, lungs, heart. The grown-up puppies can be indulged a beef hem (stomach) and testicles, but only periodically – is not more often than one-two times a week. It is strictly forbidden to feed puppies of a Labrador with pork as this product contains a lot of fat and the use it in food can lead to violations in work of a pancreas. Also it is necessary to exclude river fish who can contain any parasites from a diet.