I. How many times a day is appropriate for a dog to eat?

I'm afraid the thing that new dog owners don't understand is how many meals a day dogs should eat. What is the most appropriate feeding portion? Let's take a look.

Feeding meals according to age
Puppies: puppies because of incomplete development, so the number of times a day to eat more, it is best to take less food to feed more meals, a day to feed 4 ~ 6 times, each time about 4 hours apart.

Adult dogs: adult dogs should not be fed so often, you can 1 to 2 times a day (the total daily portion remains the same), depending on the owner's time, it is best to have a certain regularity, it is better for the stomach and intestines.

How do you know if your dog has eaten enough?
Look at the abdomen: If you don't know if the dog is full, you can wait for it to finish eating, and feel its stomach, if it is slightly bulging, it is full, if the stomach is bloated, it is fed more, on the contrary, touch it is still flat, that is not full.

Look at the poop: the normal amount of feeding, the dog's excrement should be soft and hard, and not sticky when cleaned. If the excrement is found to be too hard and granular, it means that the diet is low; conversely, if the excrement is sparse, it means that the dog's diet is high.

Long-term feeding too much, the dog's stomach is not good, easy to indigestion, pet owners can prepare some probiotics and dog food together with feeding. If you need to know about pet probiotics, you can click on the following article to understand.

Dog feeding advice
Prepare water daily

Water is the source of life, and dogs are no exception. Owners should prepare fresh drinking water for their dogs every day so that they can replenish water in time after exercise and after eating.

Do not feed sweet food

Dogs are not allowed to eat human snacks, or desserts, eating too much is easy to obesity, tooth decay, and also unhealthy. So the owner should not feed their snacks to the dog by hand, this will develop a habit.

Do not feed sharp bones

Do not let the dog chew chicken bones, easy to bite down after swallowing hurt stomach, and also have bad digestion, really want to give the dog teeth grinding calcium, you can choose the large bones of pigs, cattle, and sheep.

Choose healthy dog food

Long-term the dog buy poor dog food feeding, the dog's physique will be very poor, and even hair loss, tear marks, bad breath, anorexia, etc., long-term eating low-quality dog food dogs are also prone to gastrointestinal diseases, threatening life and health.

To be responsible for your dog's health, we should choose a high-quality, nutritionally complete dog food to feed.

II. How to feed your dog properly, how many times a day, and what are the precautions?

Many people raise dogs to see puppies are very well behaved, and then on the spur of the moment to buy home, after coming home found that simply will not feed, when to feed, how many times a day to feed, feeding taboos and so on, what do not know to, this article will mainly talk about how to feed dogs, how to feed, somewhat precautions and so on.

First of all, from the beginning of the puppy led home, as the owner you need to gently touch the dog, including his sensitive parts (including eyes, mouth, paws, ears and anus, and peripheral parts), so that it adapts to your touch, and so grow up, you can still touch any part of his body. Even if the dog has something in his mouth and you go to pick it out of his mouth, you can make sure he won't get angry and be willing to give it to you and definitely won't grin at you long and hard. Otherwise, when the dog grows up when you need to give him a body check or other actions, he will be very resistant to avoid, it and may even accidentally hurt you.

Dogs eating training.

1. First put a leash on the dog and put its food bowl in front of it. The dog will immediately run to eat when you can pull the rope tight, while ordering him to "put down" to let it sit.

2, the dog will look at your reaction, will look at you sinfully. If it does not look at you sinfully, only food in the eyes, then this time you must ignore it, it has been consumed, until it looks at you, waiting for you to give orders.

3, this time you can properly praise the dog, and then notify it can eat. When he is eating, you can reach out to its bowl and add something more, to let the dog understand that you are giving it a refill rather than grabbing its food. If you want to take something from its mouth (this requires that you have a certain emotional basis with the dog, the dog trusts you completely and obeys you, and is usually used to you petting any part of it), you can take its favorite snacks, toys, etc., in exchange, and gently pet it, gently take something out of its mouth, and then immediately praise it and feed it a reward.

Note: Each feeding should be performed in accordance with the above process, repeated training, until the dog develops a habit, fully obey the command position.

Dogs fed several times a day.

Different stages of the dog, the number of times per day feeding is not the same.

1, dogs before three months can be fed 3-4 times a day.

2, three to six months a day to feed 3 times.

3, six months to 1 year old fed 2-3 times a day.

4, after the dog is 1 year old, fed 1-2 times a day can be.

Feeding time: routinely, the dog feeding time to match the owner's work and rest time, to consider washing dishes (keep the dog bowl clean, can avoid food spoilage and other factors caused by disease), walking the dog after meals, dog urination and defecation and other factors, the owner must calculate the time, do not feed the end regardless.

Note: how much dog food a feed, you must be according to the instructions to (also depends on the last feeding), anyway, do not be afraid of trouble, only then the dog can be less sick, healthier growth, and now the dog into the hospital is quite expensive it, accidentally deflate the wallet, but I have experienced.

Dog feeding considerations.

1, let the dog know their family status

You know, in the dog dog's cognition, only the leader (the boss) can enjoy food first, so every day when you go home to the door dog to ask for food, must be stable not immediately to give, it is best to wait until you finish eating and then give the dog to eat, to let the dog know that the master is the boss, the right is always in the hands of the master.

2, do not let the dog eat leftovers

When people are eating, if the dog is watching, want to eat food, this time never give the dog to eat, or the dog will develop the habit of begging for food, into a "beggar dog" (people call: begging mouth). May lead to see others eat, will go to beg, which will also give some ill-intentioned people some opportunities to take advantage of.

3, do not let the dog leftovers

Some people will put too much food in the dog bowl, which will lead to the dog has always felt that there is food, want to eat, eat, and develop bad eating habits. The correct method should be to eat a ration of food within the specified time, after the time there is no food. Develop good eating habits for your dog, will also make your dog less likely to get stomach type diseases.

Conclusion: In conclusion, dogs and people alike, to develop a master to listen to, good eating habits, to reduce a variety of adverse reactions. But this requires the dog owner's tireless training, guidance, and long-term persistent efforts. I hope all dog owners' dogs will grow up healthy.