At what age can a puppy eat dry dog food? Attention newbies
Dogs’ food is mainly dog food, but when they are young, they mainly eat wet dog food. Dry dog food can only be eaten when they are a little older. So at what age can puppies eat dry dog food?
Puppies can generally eat dry dog food when they are three months old. However, it should be noted that dry dog food cannot be replaced at one time, because the digestive system of puppies is not fully developed. A sudden change of dog food form may lead to gastrointestinal intolerance, vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal reactions. It is necessary to adopt a step-by-step principle. You need to soak part of the dog food first, and then mix in part of the dry dog food until all is replaced with dry dog food. It is best to use puppy food for feeding.
1. Under normal circumstances, one-month-old puppies have been weaned, two-month-old puppies should be fed soft dog food, and three-month-old puppies have full deciduous teeth and strengthened gastrointestinal function, so three-month-old puppies can already eat dry dog food. At the same time, in order to avoid indigestion in puppies, owners can add an appropriate amount of probiotics to dry dog food when feeding it.
2. In order to let the puppy adapt to dry food, the owner should change it step by step. When you first change the dog food, you can soak the dog food with milk or water to allow the dog's intestines to have an adaptation period, and then slowly change to hard dog food little by little. It is also best to buy puppy food that is in line with the dog's gastrointestinal tract and meets the dog's nutritional needs to feed the dog to avoid nutritional failure.
3. If the puppy’s digestive function is abnormal, loose stools or constipation occur, soaked dog food should also be eaten, which can make the food easier to absorb and increase water intake. Or when a puppy suffers from a gastrointestinal disease, it is also necessary to adjust the gastrointestinal tract of the puppy before treatment, and then gradually switch from wet dog food to dry dog food.