When to Switch Puppy to Adult Dog Food?

 

When to switch Puppy to Adult Dog Food? This is an easy question to ask but the decision is a little complicated to know Because there are many factors to judge so here you are going to read about all those factors.

Difference between Puppy Food and Adult Dog Food?

Puppies require much more Nutrients than Adults that’s why puppy food contains much more proteins, calcium, fats, and many more other enzymes which is needed for a puppy’s healthy growth.

These nutrition, calcium and other enzymes help your Puppy to make his muscle strong, bones strong, and his skin coat to make shinier that ensures your puppy is growing healthy.

As the puppy grows older, however, his needs become lesser than before and energy level decreases it means your dog no longer needs a Puppy Formula Food.

Adult dog formulas contain lesser and different types of nutrients as their needs become different as compare to Puppies. That’s why it is important to recognize that is your puppy is ready for the Adult Food or not.

 

When to switch towards adult dog food?

Basically, there is no particular time to change your dog food but there are some ways to recognize that now this is the time to shift your dog’s food from Puppy to adult.

Generally, you can change your dog food if they reached 80% of their adult size, or when their natural growth begins to slower but mainly this decision depends on his type of Breed and his body size.

 

Breed size matters

·         Toy Breeds with almost 30 pounds of weight can reach an adult level at the age of 9 to 12 months

·         Medium Breed dogs with up to 80 pounds of weight can reach an adult level at the age of 12 to 16 months.

·         Large Breed dogs with over 80 pounds of weight can reach their adult level at the age of almost 2 years.

*These are the basic Factors to know when to switch Puppy to Adult dog food.

Still, you can ask your vet to know when you can shift your dog’s Food because the vet can tell you the exact time according to your dog’s specific needs.

 

How to switch my dog’s Food?

So now if your dog is ready for the Adult dog Food according to you and your Vet, it is important to give food to your dog slowly.

Switching your dog’s food quickly can make your dog sick because of some digestive difficulties such as vomiting and diarrhea because your dog is not used to it. It can make your dog reject the new food completely.

Now you have to make your dog comfortable with the help of this way:-

·         Start feeding your dog with 75% of Puppy Food and 25% of adult food 2 – 3 days to make him comfortable.

·         Then try to make this Ratio 50 – 50 to check if the dog is comfortable with food or not.

·         Now if your dog is happy with new adult dog food and eating without any hesitation then you can Shift properly from puppy to adult dog food.

So now your dog turned into an Adult from Puppy.

Every dog takes different times to switch their Diet, but usually according to the vets this process has to be done before 15 days.

The no. of Meals in a single day you are giving to your Puppy also needs change usually adult dogs to need meals only two times in a day but still, ask your vet to know exactly how many does your dog requires in a single day.

Now you all know when to switch puppy to adult dog food, but there is one more thing which also needs change and that thing is Treats you are giving it to your dog.

 

 

Thank You.

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