What and how to feed alabai?

Alabai are quite large and powerful dogs, which, as a rule, are bred in order to protect the house. Accordingly, they should eat well and balanced. But at the same time, it is necessary to correctly calculate the calorie content.

Before buying such a pet, you need to familiarize yourself with his monthly diet. Any person should soberly assess their abilities in Alabai content. First of all, you need to know that you should not transfer a puppy from one diet to another.

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

The first lure can be started one month after the birth of the puppy. At this time, the kids crawl quite actively and become interested in their mother’s food. Together with breast milk, you can give skimmed broth, boiled minced meat, pre-mixed with broth. If you don’t have time to cook natural food, you can replace it with ready-made industrial feeds. Pate for puppies is suitable. Besides, at this time it is necessary to monitor the weight of the puppies.

In addition to mother’s milk, goat or cow milk, low-fat cottage cheese, any sour-milk products, broth and minced meat should be added to the diet of a small puppy. You also need to offer finely chopped raw meat, necessarily treated with boiling water. You can give puppies large bones, along with meat. However, after the animal swallows 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 yolks of chicken eggs. They should be boiled or given in the form of an omelet. Instead, you can give quail eggs. Buckwheat or rice porridge should be introduced little by little. 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 food or semi-moist food for large dogs.

Already at 4 months, small Alabai can begin to show their character. If they are not enough food, then they become aggressive. Therefore, special care must be taken to ensure that nutrition is complete and balanced. At 5 months, you can switch to a nutritious diet 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. It can be a chicken and a rabbit. In addition, offal should be introduced. Eggs can be offered both raw and boiled, as well as scrambled eggs. Of the cereals, buckwheat, rice and barley are suitable. You can also give boiled vegetables, large bones and cartilage. If preference is given to industrial feeds, then natural products cannot be used. It is very important to supplement the dog’s diet with all the necessary vitamins and minerals, their lack is fraught with deformation of the paws.

At this time, Alabaev puppies eat everything that smells good or seems delicious to them. Do not forbid them to do, 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 sour-milk products. In addition, it is necessary to add low-fat fish, it can be both boiled and peeled. You also need to give eggs, bran. In 1 year, the menu should be varied and balanced.

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

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

No matter how old this huge dog is, in order for it to always look healthy and beautiful, it must receive all the products necessary for its age.

Of course, natural food is very diverse, which is important for such a huge pet. However, it will take a lot of time to prepare the products, which not everyone can afford. The following foods should be included in a complete adult dog diet.

• Raw meat, including bones, is also suitable for those made from bovine veins.
• Offal, which should include beef liver, kidney, and heart.Indeed, in their composition there are many useful substances and vitamins that positively affect the health of such large dogs. But they should not be abused, as they will not replace meat or meat products.
• You can give different cereals, they will make excellent cereals not only for small puppies, but also for large dogs. You should not be too zealous with semolina, as there are too many carbohydrates in it. In addition, barley is just as harmful to dogs, as it is poorly digested by the stomach.
• Vegetables are suitable both raw and boiled. Many of them are a source of fiber. It can be cucumbers, carrots, and peppers.
• Sour-milk products should be on the Alabaev menu every day. It can be completely fat-free 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 scrambled eggs.
• Fruits can be offered in place of your favorite treats. It can be apples, pears or apricots.

For those who do not have time to cook, industrial feeds are suitable. Experts recommend that you combine dry and wet food. For example, in the morning to give dry, and in the evening - a gentle and soft food, which is very popular with large dogs.

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

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

There is food that is strictly forbidden for alabaev, and for other dogs too.

Consider products harmful to pets in more detail:

• Do 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 bad for dogs;
• any legumes and raw cereals should be removed from the diet;

People who know nothing about the nutrition of 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 two weeks of age should be every two hours, and from the third to fourth weeks - every three. If after the birth the puppy is left alone or with a brother / sister, then feeding can take place less often, as the milk of the female will be more fat and healthy. A monthly puppy should be fed at least 5-6 times a day.A serving of food from the second month will be directly related to the size of the small pet. Giving food 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 should eat only once a day, it is best if feeding will take place in the evening.

In addition, you must 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 the dog should eat 1.5 kilograms of offal, 0.5 kg of cereal, some bread, about 300 grams of rye crackers, 1-2 chicken eggs and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• on the 7th day, the pet should be given one kilogram of cottage cheese, a liter of kefir and a pound of vegetables.

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

Summing up, it should be said that alabaev can be fed both natural products and industrial products. And in that, and otherwise, the animal will be enough.

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