Labrador Breeding Guide Manual:
①Feeding Lala (Labrador Retriever referred to as Lala, the same below) should be timed, quantitative, fixed location. Timing can develop the dog’s timing conditioned reflex, secretion of gastric juice, increase appetite, promote digestion and absorption. General adult dogs fed twice a day, morning and evening feed 1 time, the night can be a little more feed. 1 year old Lara, feed 3 times a day; 3 months of age or less Lara, feed 4 times a day; 2 months of age or less of the puppy, feed 5 times a day. The food pattern of the dog can be renovated, but the quantity should be relatively stable. Feeding place inside and outside the kennel can be, but generally in the kennel to feed the dog. The purpose of a fixed location is to keep the environment relatively stable and easy to manage. Some dogs will refuse to eat and lose their appetite if they change their feeding place.
② In addition to summer, should be fed to Lala warm feed, feed temperature is best at about 40 ° C, not too cold, too hot; summer can be fed cold food, winter must be warmed up the feed, preferably at about 35 ° C, in order not to hot, too hot feed not only affects the appetite, but also scalding the dog’s teeth; too cold feed is easy to eat a bad stomach.
(iii) The eating utensils of each Lala should be fixed and not used indiscriminately. When feeding more than one dog, it is especially important to pay attention to the fact that the food bowl of each dog should not be changed in order to prevent the spread of diseases. Wash it after feeding and boil it regularly to sterilize it. Dogs have a very regular life, so it is best to allow Lala to locate meals.
④When feeding, pay attention to observe Lala’s eating situation. If there are leftovers or no food, find out the reason and take timely measures. The leftover feed should be taken away as soon as it is eaten, and should not be left for a long period of time for the dog to eat at any time.
⑤ Puppies and sick dogs should be given special care. Puppies should be fed 4 times a day, and food should be added from less to more, from bad to good, and the amount of fixed food should be less and less, and should not be fed very full. Sick dogs should be fed more liquid food, lean meat and eggs or non-stimulating, easily digestible, nutritionally comprehensive food for the sick. Because the sick dog should drink more cool white water, if the water is not enough should be added in time.
(6) Do not allow Lala to do vigorous exercise before or after feeding.
(7) Foods suitable for puppies
(1) Puppy-specific food: such as dog food and canned food.
(2) Calcium: Supplement with a calcium product with a high natural content like Super Calcium to promote the development of your puppy’s bones and teeth.
(3) Milk powder for puppies: There are special goat milk powder for puppies.
(4) Egg yolks: The advantage of egg yolks is that they are not only rich in protein, but also contain easily digested and absorbed vitamin A, calcium and minerals.
(5) Vitamins and minerals: For puppies with poor body condition, consider some extra vitamins and minerals, you can consider feeding 21 Gold Vitamins, there are also pet-specific Gold Vitamins for puppies.
(6) Meat: Although beef, pork and chicken are excellent foods, it is advisable to choose fat-free portions when feeding your puppy, as fat is easily rancid, and to feed cooked meat, not raw meat, and not any meat with bones.
⑧ Dogs can not eat the food
(1) You should not eat bones, especially sharp bones such as chicken and duck, which can cut the intestines.
(2) You can’t eat liver for a long time, long-term consumption can cause vitamin A overdose or even poisoning.
(3) Can not eat green onions (including onions), garlic food, some dogs eat such food can cause cell hemolysis and the phenomenon of blood in the urine.
(4) No chocolate, real chocolate contains a variety of methylxanthine derivatives, caffeine and theobromine fall into this category. Taking small doses of methylxanthine-like substances, the dog will vomit, diarrhea. Chocolate contains a large amount of theobromine and a small amount of caffeine, and after taking theobromine and caffeine, a dog’s heart rate will jump to more than twice its normal rate, and some enough to run around wildly. If a dog consumes too much chocolate, muscle spasms and even shock can occur. The more and more authentic chocolate a dog consumes, the more damage it suffers.
(5) You should not eat seafood and other allergy-prone foods.
(6) can not eat high sugar, high fat, high salt food. High-sugar, high-fat food easy to make the dog fat and induce a series of diseases; excessive salt, is bound to aggravate the burden of renal excretion, affecting kidney health, breaking the fluid balance, resulting in a variety of skin diseases.
(7) Raw eggs should not be eaten, but hard-boiled eggs are great for dogs. Raw egg whites contain a protein called avidin, which depletes the dog’s body of vitamin H (found in the vitamin B complex), an essential nutrient for growth and coat health, as well as raw eggs, which often contain germs such as salmonella.
(8) Do not eat raw meat and try not to feed your dog poultry meat. Your dog’s immune system is not adapted to captive poultry and meat. The most common bacteria Salmonella and Bacillus are very dangerous to dogs. Poultry meat, especially pork, which has larger fat globules than other meats, may block your dog’s microvessels, especially bacon, which contains sodium nitrate.
(9) can not drink milk (you can feed a small amount of yogurt, too much will lead to diarrhea), many dogs have lactose discomfort, if the dog drinks milk after farting, diarrhea, dehydration or skin inflammation, etc., should stop feeding milk. Dogs with lactose discomfort should consume milk that does not contain lactose.
(10) Mushroom food is not recommended. Commercially available edible shiitake mushrooms and ground mushrooms are not easy to digest and should be avoided in order to avoid diarrhea or vomiting.
(11) You can’t eat grapes, which can cause nephrotoxicity (kidney failure) and are never to be fed to dogs.
(12) Stimulating spices such as ginger, curry powder and chili peppers are too irritating to the intestines and should not be fed.
In addition, no matter what you eat, don’t let your dog eat too much, so as not to cause gastric dilatation and other acute diseases. Overeating is even more dangerous for puppies, as their digestive ability is weaker and they have poor control over their hunger and fullness, making it easier for them to become overfed, which can cause acute gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting, and even endanger their lives.
Daily exercise
Newborn – 1 month, no need to artificially control the amount of exercise for the dog, just let it exercise at will.
At 1-2 months, you can play with your dog appropriately, within 5 minutes at a time.
At 3-4 months, you can exercise appropriately, no more than 20 cents at a time.
4-6 months, with all immunizations done, can be taken out for walks, but crazy running is not recommended (in the summer it is recommended to take them out in the morning for walks and bowel movements).
6-9 months, this is the period when puppies should avoid the forced training exercise of playing with a thrown ball, and at most allow the dog to exercise freely and non-strenuously in an open grassy area.
From 9-12 months, you can start swimming and work on short-distance throwing and catching.
At 12-18 months, it is already a young dog: it can easily ride along on a bike or play throw-and-fetch running on the grass.
At 18 months of age or older, the dog is considered an adult and is ready for a fair amount of exercise to increase muscle tone and muscle strength.
In general, taking out for a 30-90 minute walk every day will fulfill your dog’s exercise needs, but of course, your dog should be properly trained and guided in the right direction at around 3 months of age.