Dogs 4-6 months is the skeletal growth period, so you need to give your dog calcium and a lot of nutrition at this stage so that they grow big - this phrase I believe we have heard, right? But this phrase is misunderstood by many pet owners, into the dog is 6 months on the adult, if not grown, you do not need to supplement calcium and strengthen nutrition, because it is no longer useful, eaten are also a waste.

Today to give you a rumor, this is completely wrong, 6 months the dog is not an adult at all, and by supplementing nutrition, the dog still has a lot of room to grow.

Some people ask, it has a Labrador, now 6 months, not very big, ask a lot of dog breeders, said no calcium, no need to increase nutrition, the dog this body type is so set, and then grow is to fat growth, want to ask if the dog really will not grow?

The program given is.

health care amount of calcium supplementation
Maintain adequate daily nutrition
strengthen the dog's exercise.
This is the way to keep it for 2 months, which is about 8 months for the dog.

I. Why is there a rumor that dogs become adults at 6 months?

When it comes to dogs becoming adults at 6 months or not growing after 6 months, it is important to mention the different stages of growth rates and parts of the dog.
The speed of growth and the parts of the dog that grow from birth to adulthood are completely different in each period, and we probably divide this period into 3 stages.

The first stage: is the milk fat development period (just born - about 2 months)
Just born puppies, this time they grow at a rate that is mainly some of the organs and functions that are not developed when inside the dog's mother's belly began to develop, such as the eyes, such as the strength of the bones, ear hearing, digestive capacity of the intestines, etc., this period of the dog, because of the reasons for eating milk and exercise less, they also grow meat, and the rate of accumulation of meat is not bad, which is why we see them meat The dog's skeletal growth is very slow in this period.
The main supplement: milk protein, as well as some good digestion and absorption of nutrients (such as egg yolk, such as milk cake, and goat milk powder)

The second stage: rapid skeletal development period (about 4 - 6 months)
Dogs this period is a rapid growth period of the skeleton, but also one of the ugliest dogs, (many people call this period for dogs embarrassment) because the body intake of nutrients in addition to maintaining the normal work of the body, almost all used to grow bones, the growth rate of its bones, is visible to the naked eye in the speed of high, too long (chang) growth.

So we need to give the dog calcium supplements at this time because its growth rate is too fast, and the amount of calcium contained in food, simply can not meet the growth rate of the bones, especially in medium and large dogs is more so.

Need to supplement the nutrition: calcium, high-quality protein
The third stage: slow bone and meat growth period

After 6 months of age, the dog's skeletal development begins to slow down, but the slowdown does not stop development but slows down compared to the previous development stage, this period in addition to the slow development of the skeleton, it also began to bones and subcutaneous began to accumulate more muscle, and fat.

Recall, have you found in the dog 4-6 months, the skin is particularly loose, especially some medium and large dogs, their skin is looser, and when the dog to 10 months or more, then its skin is loose, as it gets fatter become very compact, such changes is a dog's growth process.

Nutritional supplements needed: richer nutrition, high-quality protein, calcium

Summary Analysis.
The reason why many pet owners believe that after 6 months, the dog will not grow bones is that the second stage of the rapid growth period of the bones and the third stage of the slow growth period, this fall is too big, the rapid growth period of the dog's bones, that the naked eye visible growth rate, the owner sees the dog is a day by day, but to the third stage of the slow growth period of the bones, the owner who raises it every day, almost Can not see its growth changes.
We said the third stage is the growth of meat, many owners especially like the dog fat look, see the dog from the second stage of the lean period, gradually in the growth of meat, very happy, think their feeding methods or buy dog food is particularly correct, so increase such feeding efforts, continue to increase the amount of dog feeding, so the dog will be fatter and fatter, the dog is fat, will affect the dog's bone development. And after the dog is fat, visually will give the owner a feeling that the dog just grows meat, not bones.
Dogs 6 months to adulthood, the body shape, and no longer grow? The time of maturity is 12 months
So how many months is a dog adult?

The criteria for a dog to reach adulthood.
Dog sexual maturity is in about 8 months, physical maturity is in about 13 months, but now the breeding of pet dogs, because the breeding conditions become better, food nutrition intake is more adequate, so this standard is no longer accurate, many dogs sexual maturity advance to about 6 months, physical maturity in about 11 months, so dogs reach adulthood, at least in about 12 months. Then the dog is 6 months, even pet dogs, at best, have only reached the stage of sexual maturity, and not full adulthood.

II. What are the intuitive differences between adult and non-adult dogs? (The difference between physically mature and physically immature)

I'm sure you've heard the saying that you should not let bitches in their first heat have puppies, but wait until their second heat before letting them have puppies.
The difference between a mature body and an immature body is that the first time a female comes into heat, she is sexually mature but not physically mature and not fully prepared to carry a puppy, and even after she carries a puppy, the puppy she gives birth to will be deformed or have a low survival rate. If you let them have puppies at this time, they will give birth to more puppies with fewer deformities and a high survival rate.

So how can we make the dog miss the 4-6 months of the rapid skeletal growth period, and continue to better skeletal growth?
First of all, we also need to continue to increase the food containing high calcium, such as puppy dog food, eggs, milk powder for pets, and some meat with high calcium content (meat must be boiled in plain water) Here it is important to note that you can not use bones to supplement calcium, because the bone calcium dose is too small, and for their intestines and stomach damage.
Calcium tablets are recommended to continue to eat following the amount of health care, especially for medium and large dogs, about calcium, tell you a misconception, calcium is not the more you eat, the better the effect of calcium, but the appropriate dose is good because, after the calcium supplement, it will affect the ratio of calcium to phosphorus, if this ratio is out of whack, then the more calcium, the more calcium deficient dogs.
Increase exercise, exercise for the dog's bone growth is second only to calcium, so we in the dog after vaccination, that is, after 4 months, should be based on the size of the dog, increase its walking time and exercise, so for dogs over 6 months, but also want to make them better bone growth, then exercise is essential, but also very important means.
The most important one is to supplement the nutrition at the same time, not to let the dog over-nutrition, not to let the dog eat too fat, such as giving the dog to eat a lot of human leftovers and offal, more dog food and homemade meat food. (This time, we said above to increase exercise, but also can play a very good auxiliary role)
Dogs become adults at 6 months, the body type is set to no longer grow? Its body maturity time is 12 months
Dogs 6 months is not adult, its bone growth, at least can be maintained at about 8-10 months, so we should know more about the basics of pets when raising dogs so that they can be raised more healthy. Through this disinformation, want everyone to learn, not after the dog 6 months, how to let them grow bones, but by understanding the different growth periods of the dog, supplemented with different nutrition, so that our way of feeding is more scientific, so that the dog more healthy.