If you decide to get yourself a four-legged friend, since the appearance of him in the house, you are responsible for his health, which depends, first of all, on nutrition. Be sure to ask the previous dog owner how he fed her. After all, changing the situation together with new food can cause too much stress for the animal, especially if the new member of the family has become a dachshund.
This little dog of non-standard form with a strong character is born a hunter, so from the moment of birth, nutrition for her is very important. Puppies are characterized by rapid growth in the first six months. To properly form the skeleton, the diet of the puppy of the dachshund should include proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals in the required quantities.
When babies stop eating mother's milk, it is important to accustom them to the proper consumption of food. Do not overfeed the puppy, because half of them, who are overweight during the period of intensive development, suffer from obesity in the future. It is advised to feed the pups with small portions of food five times a day.
Feeding puppies dachshunds
Puppies are useful for feeding cottage cheese, eggs (no more than 2 pieces per week after two months), and meat. Experienced breeders recommend buying meat baby food as a complementary food. It can be given even to the youngest, who have not turned a month before receiving mother's milk.
That you can not eat dachshund puppies is raw meat as such and pork in any form, as well as raw fish, bones, sharp and fatty foods, whole milk. Meat for puppies must be cooked and introduced into food, starting from two months. Raw beef is introduced into the diet for a bit - just from the fourth month.
You can give porridge on the pine, buckwheat and occasionally rice cereal and soups. As for the oatmeal, here the opinions of veterinarians diverge, as this product in some dogs is prone to cause allergies. The source of vitamins are vegetables, which, starting from the month, are introduced into the puppy's diet. Dachshunds do not have a special love for them, so it is better to mix vegetables and meat, previously chopped. You can give the puppies a boiled fish, pulling out bones from it. But sweet is strictly forbidden.
If you really want to treat a puppy, give him a couple of raisins or a piece of cheese. It is useful to accustom to fruits between feedings. It is desirable to switch to purchased feed when the puppy is six months old. Before that, the best food for him is natural. Mixing the natural food with the store in one feeding is also not worth it. At the age of 10 months the growth of the puppy stops, and you can safely call the toddler baby an adult dog.
Diet of adult dachshunds
Adults must be fed twice a day. Dachshunds, unlike other breeds, are very active. Therefore, what the dachshunds eat should be consistent with their lifestyle. It is important not to overfeed the dog, often put it on the weight and do not go at her on the occasion, when they beg for a treat .
The best products for adult dachshunds, as well as for puppies, are and are quickly absorbed by the dog's body.
meat and meat products. They are very well digestedAn excellent source of phosphorus, calcium and sulfur are bones, but in a moderate amount and better flat. A large number of bones are fraught with constipation, and tubulars also injure the esophagus. It is useful to give the taxes once a week in a raw form.
But the fish of rivers and lakes, because of the danger of infection with worms, you can not feed the dachshund. Once a week, an egg and constantly porridge, soups, vegetables and fruits, as an indispensable source of vitamins. You can give your pet canned food, but without spices and seasonings, and bread is only dried. Proper nutrition for dachshunds, when the dog is not overfed, but not hungry. And necessarily pure fresh water.