Diet is extremely important in the growing months of a dog's life, and there are two important criteria that should be met in selecting food for your puppy. Today, we will talk about the first criteria: The diet should be nutritionally adequate for puppies.
Feeding a dry, canned, or semi-moist form of dog food is acceptable. Each has advantages and disadvantages.
- Dry food is definitely the most inexpensive form. It can be left in the dog's bowl without drying. The good brands of dry food are just as nutritious as the other forms. However, only a 10% moisture content in a dry food, compared with 70-80% in a canned food, your puppy will appear to drink very much more if fed a dry food.
- Semi-moist and canned foods are also acceptable, but both are considerably more expensive than dry food. However, diets consisting largely of soft foods, be they commercial or home prepared, even if nutritionally complete, may be physically inadequate and favor development of periodontal disease. If you choose to give your puppy table food, be sure that at least 90% of its diet is good quality commercial puppy food.
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