Basic Guide When To Substitute Your Puppy Food To Adult Food

If your furry friend is growing big from puppy stage, it is important that you need to change his diet. You should feed him the specialized nutrition food according to his body needs. Are you wondering, if it is time to switch your doggy's food. Well if you are not sure what the protocol is, you can read out these basic guidelines to consider before switching to adult food from puppy food:

Puppy Food:

Puppy food contains more nutritional supplements and more calories than adult dog food. The higher content of nutrition and calories are necessary for your pup's growing and developing body. If your adult dog stays on the puppy food for too long, it can lead him to obesity and orthopedic problems. The puppy food also contains more calcium for developing bones. If your adult dog gets the extra calcium, it may lead him to skeletal abnormalities. Even the calories can cause your large dog to develop skeleton frame rapidly, which will lead to joint problems and skeletal tissue damage.

Maturation:

You will be able to change from the puppy food to adult food according to the size of your dog. According to the breed the dog may mature on other stages of ages such as:

• Small breed dogs will not exceed 30 pounds, he will be mature at 10 to 20 months old.
• Medium breed dogs will not exceed 80 pounds, he will be mature at 12 to 16 months old.
• Large breed dogs that are over 80 pounds at adult weight, they will take at least two years to mature.

You need to go the veterinarian as all dog are different. The vet will be the right person to guide you, what is the right time for your puppy to start eating an adult formula.

Transition:

Once your certain that your puppy has reached his adult size, then that's the time to switch to an adult formula. Make sure that you transits your doggy to his new food slowly, so that he don't get upset stomach. After the ten days, gradually mix more of his new food and less of his previous food, until he starts to eat only the new food.

Guideline:

Your pooch's body will grow and change throughout his life. He will need all different nutritious diet as he keeps growing, same as human beings. You need to provide him the right food to meet his dietary requirements for his body. This will help you dog to live a healthy and long life.