What and how to feed alabay?

Alabai are rather large and powerful dogs, which, as a rule, are led in order to protect the house. Accordingly, they should eat well and balanced. But it is necessary to correctly calculate the caloric content.

Before you buy such a pet, you should familiarize yourself with its monthly diet. Anyone should soberly assess their abilities for the content alabay. First of all, you need to know that you should not transfer a puppy from one diet to another.

All newborn puppies should eat only their mother's milk. This is the most natural and correct. But if the baby is a little behind in height or weight, it needs to be fed. You can use goat's milk, slightly diluted with boiled water. If this is not possible, then fit ready-made feed purchased in veterinary pharmacies.

The first lure can begin to give a month after the birth of a puppy. At this time, babies crawl quite actively and start to get interested in their mother's food. Together with breast milk, you can give fat-free broth, boiled mince, pre-mixed with broth. If you do not have time to cook natural food, you can replace it with ready-made industrial feed. Suitable pate for puppies. Besides, At this time, it is necessary to monitor the weight of puppies.

In addition to mother's milk, goat's or cow's milk, low-fat cottage cheese, any dairy products, broth and boiled ground meat should be added to the diet of a small puppy. You should also offer finely chopped raw meat, necessarily treated with boiling water. You can give puppies big bones, along with meat. However, after the animal devours them, the bones must be taken away.

From now on, one must very actively begin to increase the amount of food given. In addition to broth, boiled and raw meat and dairy products, you need to add the yolks of chicken eggs. They should be boiled or given as an omelet. Instead, you can give quail eggs. Gradually it is necessary to introduce buckwheat or rice porridge. It is also recommended to give soft bones or cartilage, which are the source of a huge number of trace elements. If the food is industrial, then it can be canned or semi-moist food for large dogs.

As early as 4 months, small Alabai may begin to show their character. If they are not enough food, they become aggressive. Therefore, it is necessary with special attention to ensure that the food was full and balanced. In 5 months, you can switch to good nutrition, without milk.

It is necessary to give whole milk, a lot of cottage cheese, raw and boiled meat, necessarily without the presence of fat or bones. This may be a chicken and a rabbit. In addition, you should enter by-products. Eggs can be offered and raw, and boiled, as well as scrambled eggs. From cereals fit buckwheat, rice and barley. You can also give boiled vegetables, large bones and cartilage. If preference is given to industrial feed, then natural products cannot be used. It is very important to supplement the dog's diet with all the necessary vitamins and trace elements, their lack is fraught with deformation of the paws.

At this time, puppies of Alabayev eat everything that smells good or seems tasty to them. You should not forbid them to do it, because in this way they will learn to eat both fruits and vegetables. The diet of puppies of this breed should include products such as cottage cheese, raw and boiled meat, various dairy products. In addition, you must add lean fish, it can be boiled and cleaned. Also need to give eggs, bran. In 1 year the menu should be varied and balanced.

If preference is given to industrial foods, before puppies change teeth, you can feed them with wet or semi-moist foods, but from 8 months you can get 75% dry feed and 25% wet. During this period, and reduced portions of dogs, and their number.

Enough 2 or 3 meals a day to feed the dog. Beginning at the age of three, an adult dog should be transferred to a one-time feeding. But for the old dog, you need to slightly reduce the number of calories in the menu, as well as switch to smaller portions. In addition, it is necessary to exclude from the diet all dairy products. You should also contact your veterinarian for advice on the necessary vitamins and minerals.

Whatever the age of this huge dog, in order for it to always look healthy and beautiful, it must receive all the products necessary for its age.

Of course, natural food has a great variety, which is important for such a huge pet. However, the preparation of products will take a lot of time, which not everyone can afford. The following foods should be included in the complete diet of an adult dog.

• Raw meat, including bones, will suit those made from bovine veins.
• Offal, which should include beef liver, kidneys, as well as the heart. Indeed, in their composition there are many nutrients and vitamins that positively affect the health of such large dogs. But do not abuse them, as they will not replace meat or meat products.
• Groats can be given different, they will make excellent cereals not only for small puppies, but also for large dogs. You should not be zealous with semolina, as it contains too many carbohydrates. In addition, barley is just as harmful to dogs as it is poorly digested by the stomach.
• Vegetables are suitable and raw, and boiled. Many of them are a source of fiber. It can be cucumbers, carrots, and peppers.
• Dairy products should be in the alabai menu every day. It can be completely nonfat cottage cheese, kefir, and even yogurt.
• Mandatory chicken or quail eggs. They can be given raw or boiled. In addition, dogs are very fond of an omelet.
• Fruit can be offered instead of favorite treats. These can be apples, pears or apricots.

Those who do not have time to cook, suitable industrial feed. Experts recommend to be sure to combine dry and wet food. For example, give dry in the morning and gentle and soft food in the evening, which is very popular with large dogs.

Most often, the amount of food that you need to provide for your favorite animals must be indicated on the packaging. In addition, when buying, you need to look at what is included in the product. Best of all, if it will be products of the highest quality, because cheap food that is sold in supermarkets, do not differ in nutritional value. In addition, they contain a lot of flavor enhancers, as well as dyes. Among all the top class feeds, the following brands are worth noting.

• Pro plan can be purchased at many veterinary pharmacies or pet stores.For alabayev you need to buy complex feed, which is created specifically for huge dogs with a rather powerful physique. Manufacturers of this line produce food for newborn puppies, and already adult animals. They include foods such as chicken, salmon, rice, as well as a lot of vitamins and trace elements in food.
• Royal canin produces both wet and dry food, which are intended for dogs of huge breeds. Almost all of the feed of this line is hypoallergenic and well perceived by animals. They include a large number of nutrients and vitamins.
• Brit - This is Czech food, which includes chicken, a lot of fiber, brewer's yeast, as well as vitamins necessary for alabai.
• Hill's applies to super premium feed. In their composition there are absolutely all important products and trace elements.

There is food, which is strictly prohibited for alabai, and for other dogs too.

Consider products harmful to pets in more detail:

• you can not give your pets fried or pickled food;
• do not offer them food with flavors or a high content of spices;
• It is forbidden to give any sweets, including chocolate;
• Fatty pork or lamb products should be excluded.
• fresh milk is incredibly harmful to dogs;
• you must remove from the diet any legumes, as well as raw cereals;

People who know nothing about feeding large dogs, it is very important to know how many times a day they eat. This will avoid multiple health problems.

The frequency of feeding a puppy under the age of two weeks should be every two hours, and from the third to the fourth week - every three. If, after giving birth, the puppy is left alone or with a brother / sister, then feeding may take place less frequently, since the milk of the female will be more fat and healthy. You should feed a monthly puppy at least 5-6 times a day. A serving of food from the second month will be directly related to the size of a small pet. Feed should be about 5 times a day.

From 3 to 6 months it is necessary to reduce the number of feedings per day to 4. Then the puppy should be fed 2-3 times a day for up to a year. After 3 years, Alabai must be eaten only once a day, best of all if feeding will occur in the evening.

In addition, you should familiarize yourself with the approximate diet of an adult dog for one week:

• in the first four days the dog should eat half a kilogram of any cereals, 750 grams of raw meat, about 300 grams of vegetables, as well as 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• from 5 to 6 days a dog should eat 1.5 kilograms of by-products, 0.5 kg of cereals, some bread, about 300 grams of rye crackers, 1-2 chicken eggs and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• On the 7th day, the pet must be given one kilogram of cottage cheese, a liter of kefir and half a kilogram of vegetables.

In addition to the above recommendations, you must follow some rules of veterinarians. First of all, do not cook a lot of food so that it does not spoil. To eat a pet should at the same time, this is a prerequisite. In addition, he should get used to such nutrition by 3 months. Food should not be hot or cold. The best option is room temperature. 15 minutes after eating a bowl of food must be removed.

Summing up, it should be said that alabayev can be fed with both natural and industrial products. And in fact, and otherwise the animal will be pretty.

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