All of our puppies, as well as our adult dogs are
fed exclusively “NUTRO®
Natural Choice Dog Food”. Your new puppy should be fed “
NUTRO® Natural Choice Puppy Lamb and Rice” dog food for the first several
weeks.
Your puppy has been fed this
since it first started eating solids and any change in diet will surely bring
on several bouts of diarrhea. If, after
two or three weeks, you wish to switch to another brand of puppy food, you can
start mixing it in to the Natural Choice diet in ever-increasing proportions,
until the Natural Choice is eliminated.
I, however, would recommend keeping the puppy on this brand at least
until it is an adult. This is a premium
dog food with a somewhat premium price, but is one of, if not the best, popular
brands on the market. YOU PURCHASED YOUR COLLIE FOR ITS GORGEOUS
LONG COAT, THIS COAT IS IN HIS BACKGROUND HOWEVER, IT’S WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR PUPPY’S BODY NOW THAT WILL HELP
IT GROW, SHINE AND MAINTAIN ITS HEALTH.
If your collie becomes a finicky eater and does not
wolf down its food at one time, you can do one of two things:
·
Put
their food bowl out, and allow them 20 minutes to 30 minutes to eat and, if
after that time period they do not eat, remove the bowl. They will eat when they are hungry and learn
to eat in one session. You can try and
reintroduce the bowl at a designated time later (either ˝ to 1 hour later),
repeat the above process, remove the bowl, etc.
·
Could
simply leave the bowl out all day and let them eat as they wish, rather like a
cat.
I prefer
feeding them at regimented times and removing the food after a sufficient. time
span. That way they know when breakfast
or dinner is with no exceptions.
·
Diarrhea
– generally caused by environmental change (normally water or food
supplies). Ensure that the puppy is on
the “home” supply. High levels of
stress may induce an upset stomach. If
this persists past two days, call your veterinarian immediately. Cooked ground beef and rice are good for
Diarrhea.
·
Coughs
– the puppy is susceptible to coughs because of changes in its
environment. The changes cause stress
which, in turn, lowers your puppy’s resistance to colds.
·
WORMS
– VERY IMPORTANT – Your puppy has been wormed several times already. Its mother was free from worms when she gave
birth and was worm-free during the puppy’s entire first months. Your puppy should be free from worms, but
repeat wormings ARE A MUST, in order to kill any remaining or newly introduced
live worms, especially round worms (the most common). Remember, you cannot kill the eggs, only the hatched live
worm. This is why you must continue the
worming. The puppy should be wormed at
nine weeks and twelve weeks. See your
veterinarian. At six months, they
should be checked for heartworm, and then given a monthly wormer,. The monthly wormer I use is "Intercepter®".
