The growing period of puppies is the most important growing period in a dog's life. The health of this period will lay a good foundation for the health of dogs throughout their lives. Dog owners should provide dogs with nutrients that really meet the growth needs of puppies and help puppies grow up healthily and happily.
Rapid growth and development requires more adequate nutrition. It takes 18 years for human beings to grow up, but the average time for dogs at this stage is only 18 months. This shows how amazing the growth speed of puppies is. Because puppies grow very fast, pet owners need to provide them with adequate nutrition at the early stage of their growth.
Rapid cell metabolism and organ growth make puppies need to get a lot of protein from food. Compared with adult dogs, the demand for protein is 4.4 times that of adult dogs. In order to meet their nutritional needs to the greatest extent, high-quality protein sources are very important.
Like protein, the minerals calcium and phosphorus are also essential nutrients for the growth of puppies. Dogs need 5.8 times more calcium and 6.4 times more phosphorus than adults to help the healthy development of dogs' bones and teeth. Lack of calcium and phosphorus will lead to loose teeth, abnormal bone development and slope toe in developing puppies. Strictly controlling the intake and proportion of calcium and phosphorus is the basis to ensure the healthy development of dogs' bones and teeth.
In fact, puppies enter the vigorous growth period from three months, when the demand for calcium, especially for large dogs, is great. From this time on, we should start to supplement calcium, otherwise many dogs will have leg shaking, convulsions, even limping and easy to fracture when they grow up.