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PUPPY NUTRITION:

Your puppy is being fed: Royal Canin Medium Puppy

Growth is an especially crucial time for your puppy, especially during weaning. The correct kibble size, shape and texture can help to ease that transition. Poor nutrition can inhibit proper development and significantly impact future health. The medium breed puppy will benefit from a specific formulation that addresses his unique needs.

Puppy Nutrition and Dietary Instructions:

All of our puppies are currently being fed Royal Canin Medium Puppy. DO NOT immediately change their diet when you get them home.

REMEMBER that sudden changes in diet can SEVERELY disrupt the puppy’s digestive system and cause gastric distress. The Siberian Husky requires a relatively small amount of food for its size.

CHANGING THE PUPPY’S DIET:

Should you decide to change the puppy’s diet, you must do so gradually. Sudden changes in diet can cause vomiting, indigestion, heartburn, refusal to eat, gas and diarrhea. Normal bacteria in your pup’s intestine aid in the digestion of food, and a sudden change in food can upset the balance of this bacteria causing any and all of these ailments. That’s why it’s best to change food slowly over the course of about ten days.

• Start by giving 75% of the current food with 25% of the new food for three days
• If your dog adjusted well to this change, then proceed to offer 50% of the current food mixed with 50% of the new food for days four through six
• Once again monitor your pup and if he/she is doing well then it is safe to increase the amount of the new food to 75% with just 25% of the old food for days seven through nine
• By day 10, if your puppy has adjusted well, you can successfully offer just the new food without worrying.
• If you notice any adverse effects while switching, stop immediately and allow your puppy’s stomach to settle and contact your vet if symptoms persist.
• After the switch has been made, continue to watch for any changes that may develop with the new food, such as an improvement or deterioration of coat/skin, and increase or decrease in appetite, or a change in bowel movements. As always, use your best judgment in deciding what is best for your pet.
• NOTE: Rawhides and hard dental chews are a great way to help keep your puppy’s teeth tartar free.
• TABLE SCRAPS are NOT good! Human food often contains far too much fat for a canine’s liver to process and can cause diarrhea, upset tummies and damage to the pancreas.
• DO NOT ADD WATER to their food. If you add water to their food and make it mushy, they can and will eat their food too quickly. this again will cause vomiting, indigestion, diarrhea, etc. The dry food also aids in cleaning their teeth.

We feed our puppies Royal Canin Medium Puppy as they are weaned. We then continue them on the dry food diet until one year of age. We do this so we don’t complicate the development of their digestive system. Once they are old enough we include them in the normal food rotation as described on our nutrition tab.