The appearance in the house of Little Pekingese is not only joy, but also additional concerns. First of all, they are associated with the organization of its nutrition, which must correspond to age, individual characteristics, as well as the state of the animal.
Aggressiveness
Moderate
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Linka
Moderate
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Health
Below the average
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Intelligence
Standard
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Activity
Low
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Need care
Very high
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Cost of content
Low
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Noise
Average
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Training
Hard
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Friendliness
Average
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Attitude to solitude
Moderate time
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Security qualities
Good guard
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* The characteristic of the Pekingese breed is based on the assessment of the experts of the site and feedback from the owners of the dog.
What do puppies eat?
Pekingese, despite their small dimensions, differ in excellent appetite. Their nutrition must be monitored from an early age, since Dogs of this breed are prone to obesity, which can lead to various complications.
Feeding a small puppy is different from the nutrition of adult pecinez. Until monthly age, the puppies feed on the mother's milk, which contains all the necessary nutritional elements. Typically, one puppy requires 15-40 g of milk, and the feed rate is determined by the puppies themselves as needed.
If breastfeeding is impossible for any reason, then maternal milk can be replaced with goat, diluted with boiled water, as well as special ready-made milemate mixtures.
Upon reaching the puppies of monthly age, the diet begins to change. With increasing their need for food increases, and only the maternal milk is not enough. At the same time, they begin to gradually ease from breastfeeding.
At the age of 1-1.5 months, puppies begin to register. One feeding is replaced with liquid dairy porridge, cottage cheese, minced meat from low-fat varieties.
Mince is possible to replace with meat . To do this, with raw and pre-frozen meat, the upper layer is written and warm at room temperature. For prophylaxis from parasites, meat is recommended to be boiling water. At this age, the puppy recommended cottage cheese for baby food, and liquid cereals from Hercules or crushed rice, diluted with milk.
In two months old in the diet is added Stuffing from boiled meat, lactic acid products (kefir), boiled vegetables (carrots, cauliflower, zucchini). Daily food volume increases: it is about 180. You can feed small pecinenes and canned food for small breed puppies.
New food is given with an interval of a few days to control the reaction of the puppy's body to unusual food. The daily menu of two-month puppies may consist of such products:
- Diluted with milk cottage cheese - 80 g;
- Liquid dairy rice or buckwheat porridge - 150 g;
- Crushed non-fat meat - 70
In three months old, puppies take away from the mother and they change their residence. At first (approximately 2 weeks), new owners should not change the pet's nutrition by saving the previous menu. But puppies already need more diversity, so in their diet gradually include new food.
Puppies add in the menu yolk boiled or raw eggs, as well as chicken meat. During this period, the percentage of meat increases and is approximately 50-70%. This month gradually exclude the third feeding, and portions increase in approximately 30 g.
For 4-month Pekingese, an approximate menu for a day may be:
- oatmeal (80 g), milk (20 g);
- boiled chicken or turkey meat (70 g);
- Water-cooked rice porridge, yolk;
- Non-fat mince made of boiled meat (70 g).
In the period from 4 to 6 months, the small pecinles formes priorities for thirty or other products. The smaller puppy eats with pleasure and quite a lot. It is required in a large volume of fermented milk products (kefir, ryazhenka, natural yogurt, prokurba), cottage cheese, low-fat meat in cheese and boiled form, boiled offal (liver, kidneys, heart), boiled flesh (without bones) of sea white fish.
You can diversify the menus with cereal porridge, vegetables. During this period, it is also possible to gradually translate the animal on dry food, which is pre-softened in water. In this form, it is given up to 7-8 months of age. Only after 8 months, when the teeth change completely will end, you can combine dry food and operated in the proportion of 1: 3.
Upon reaching 5 months, another (fourth) feeding, increasing one-time portions for another 20-30
From 6 months of age, a handsome pet can already be given the same products as an adult dog. Milk is left in the diet, if the puppy is well absorbed. It is allowed to treat it and fruit, but not very sweet and juicy. At this age, the daily menu can be:
- First feeding - milk or kefir (40 g) and any porridge (100 g);
- Second feeding - cut into small pieces any meat (100 g), porridge (70 g);
- Third feeding - Meat (90 g), porridge (50 g), vegetables (50 g) and fish oil (0.5 teaspoon).
In the following months, the pet feed, adhering to the same diet, and by 9 months it is necessary to refuse another feeding and go to a two-time. At this time, the daily diet can consist of:
- fermented milk products (100 g), bread with oil (1 piece), any cereal (70 g) and fish oil (0.5 h) - first feeding;
- Any meat (100 g), porridge (70 g), vegetables (70 g) and fish oil (0.5 teaspoon) - second feeding.
The age of puppies directly affects the frequency of their daily feeding:
- 1-3 month old puppies are fed 5 or 6 times a day;
- in 4 months - 4 times;
- at 5-8 months aged already 3 times;
- From 9-10 months begin to gradually translate into two meals, as in an adult dog.
Proper diet of adult dogs
A feature of the dogs of Pekingese breed is their small dimensions. However, this does not mean that their nutrition should be less nutritious. Pekingese, like dogs of other breeds, requires the entire set of proteins and fats, carbohydrates and trace elements, as well as vitamins. Protein is required for the formation of muscle tissue, to resolve the work of cardiac vascular activities, muscle system and strengthening immunity.
Carbohydrates are the main source of energy, and fats are necessary to ensure the correct balance of hormones and affect the quality of woolen cover. Vitamins and trace elements are needed for normal operation of various systems and organs.
First of all, it should be noted that they eat and love Pekingese. They are pleased to use such products:
- Any types of meat and birds (veal and rabbit, beef, chicken and turkey);
- Boiled offal (kidneys and heart, liver and light);
- boiled marine fish;
- raw minced meat;
- cottage cheese, milk and eggs;
- cereal cereal (Hercules, rice, buckwheat, millet);
- Vegetables like boiled and raw form (zucchini and broccoli, cauliflower, beets and carrots);
- Fruits (apples, pears, apricots, peaches) and greens (salad, germinated oats and wheat).
Pekingese - big lovers to eat, they will not give up the treats. It must be borne in mind that not every product can be given to them. Pekingese are prohibited such products.
- Any beans and potatoes, as they contribute to the increased formation of gases in the intestine.
- Fat lamb and pork - the animal stomach poorly digests such meat, which can cause problems in its work. This also applies to any other fatty food.
- Confectionery (chocolate, candy) and sweet flour products. They can be replaced by not very sweet fruit.
- Smoked, sausages, because they contain dyes, spices, salt, preservatives that can cause allergies from the dog.
- Mushrooms, soy and products containing it.
- Also, it is also impossible to feed the pet grapes (raisins), citrus, cocoa and coffee, cake.
It is also important to note the features of the feeding of an adult pet at home. They are consistent with these rules.
- Benez feeding is performed twice a day and preferably at the same time.
- The place where the dog eats must be constant and unchanged. Water should always be fresh and affordable for the dog.
- It is impossible to force Benez to eat if he does not want to move better feeding the next time.
- Food also should always be freshly prepared and warm, not cold or hot, since such a food can harm the digestion of the pet.
- It is not recommended to offer Pekingese liquid soup, since it is difficult for it because of the physiological structure of the face.
- Solo food is also undesirable, especially for meat. Solo other food can be only in very small quantities.
- The main part of the diet should be meat and offal (50%), and the other half is porridge together with vegetables.
- You can not often treat pets with delicacies, otherwise the dog will get used to them and there will be no familiar food.
- Periodically, Pekingese give special complex vitamins.
- The amount of daily diet is determined by this way: one kilogram of the animal weight accounts for 70 years of food. So, with a weight of 5 kg, a dog per day should eat 350 g of feed.
Powering of adult pecinez can be natural, dry foods and mixed. Natural feeding lies in the daily preparation of the menu and cooking from various natural products. It is complemented by vitamin complexes for Pekingese.
The peculiarity of dry feed is that they already include all the necessary nutritional elements, including vitamins . Mixed feeding provides for the alternation of natural food and dry feed.
Upon natural feeding of Pekingese, such proportions of its daily diet must be observed: Meat and sub-products - from 50 to 70%, cereal porridges - from 15 to 40%, vegetables - from 15 to 25% of the total food.
The ratio of protein feed to the vegetable should be 2: 1. The source of the protein is a variety of meat types, fish, fermented milk products and eggs, and vegetable food is represented by various croups, vegetables and fruits, greens and vegetable oil.
Adult Pekingese can offer such a menu for the day: meat (veal, chicken), boiled offal (liver, heart) - 70-100 g, cottage cheese - 40 g, porridge rice or other - 50 g, vegetables - from 10 to 40 g. This daily rate is divided into 2 parts and fed 2 times a day.
From natural products you can cook canned food. Any meat (beef or bird) must be scrolling on a minced meat grinder, combine with vegetables (fresh cucumber, zucchom, carrot or pumpkin), chopped very finely, add fish oil, yeast (stern), bone flour and vitamin complex. The mixture is divided into separate portions and placed in the freezer. If necessary, ready canned food defrost, and then cereal cereal add to them.
By constiting the diet for his pet, it is also necessary to take into account the individual features of its organism (temperament, degree of mobility and activity), as well as the features of metabolism processes, and in accordance with them, adjust the norms of its power supply. If the dog has lost weight (and this is not associated with the disease), then the volume of the norm needs to be slightly increased, and if the pet gets fat, then, on the contrary, to reduce.
Popez meals during pregnancy and after childbirth is also important. When feeding a dog, dry food does not need to translate it on natural feed during the hatching of puppies. One should only replace the usual feed for special for pregnant Pekingese . However, experts advise at this time. Drop the dog with a small amount of natural food.
In the first half of pregnancy, the dog does not have any special changes in the needs. Therefore, it usually does not change its power. Intensive growth of the origined puppies begins with the fourth week. From this time, the volume of the one-time portion becomes more about 15% every week.
By the end of the second half of pregnancy, the daily pet rate increases one and a half times. At the same time, the frequency of feeding increases: first 3 times, and by the end of the pregnancy - 4 times a day.
Pregnant dog should receive a large amount of proteins, calcium and vitamins. Every 100 g of food should include: proteins - 22 g, fats - 5 g, calcium - 0.6 g, and a complex of vitamins A, B, D, and E.
With natural feeding, meat products (veal, rabbit, fresh scar) occupy a large volume in the diet and are complemented by boiled liver, heart and other sub-products, which give 2-3 times a week. A pregnant dog is useful to feed with fruit (apples, pears), pumpkin, vegetables (zucchini, carrot).
After childbirth, Pekingese's food changes. Nursing dog give food for about 7 times a day. Food must first grind to the taper, stirring meat with vegetables. To feed it during this period, preferably chicken, boiled liver and heart. It is not recommended to give fresh vegetables, they must be pre-booked.
First, the nursing dog gives food often, but small portions. Gradually, feeding frequency is reduced to 5 times a day, and only a month later, the dog can be translated into the usual feeding mode.
Pekingese usually live from 12 to 15 years. 8-year-old dogs are considered the elderly. They need power supply reduced calorieness, so the protein component is reduced in the diet. The basis of the diet becomes cereal.
For the best peristaltics of the intestine in them it is necessary to add more vegetable and fruit fiber. Elderly Pekingese has problems with teeth. In this case, natural food should be sealed, and dry food before feeding to twist with fermented with sour-colored products or water.
The amount of daily diet also needs to be reduced, and the feed rate is increased to 4-5 times a day.
Fabric nutrition contributes to a lighter digestion and better assimilation.
How to choose food?
Beneves feed not only natural food, but also ready-made dry foods. The advantages of this type of diet lies in the following:
- Dry food is properly balanced and contains all the necessary nutrient elements and vitamins;
- No need to cook food and spend time;
- He does not deteriorate, it is convenient to take it on trips;
- No need to count the quantitative content of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and daily rate: it is indicated on the package.
When feeding Benez, dry food needs to be adhered to such rules.
- It is necessary to feed the dog with only one kind of feed, without mixing it with others and without changing it. A sharp change of one type of feed to another can cause allergies and disruption of digestion.
- When feeding, such food must be taken into account in the breed of a dog, its age and the degree of activity.
- Puppies can be fed only with feed, previously twisted. To do this, you can use kefir, ryazhenka or just water. It is strictly forbidden to use boiling water and milk.
It is impossible to additionally include vitamin complexes in the diet, since the finished feed already contains all the necessary vitamins.
Feeding the puppies dry feed also needs to be carried out correctly:
- Clearly adhere to the standards recommended on the package;
- Until the two months of age, feed dry food is needed 5 or 6 times a day, from 2 to 4 months - from 3 to 4 times;
- The transition to dry food should be made gradually, it is necessary to give it only pre-worked;
- It is necessary to provide puppies permanent and unlimited access to fresh water.
All dry feed are divided into such classes.
- Economy - This type of feed is made mainly of legumes, contains a lot of salt and there are no vitamins in it. This is a low-quality feed, which is not recommended by Pekingese.
- Premium and Super Premium - These types of finished feed are distinguished by high quality and are quite suitable to Pekingese.
- Holistic - These feeds are designed for dogs having various diseases.
For Pekingese, it is necessary to buy food intended for dogs of long-grazing rocks. In addition, it should be remembered that this breed is predisposed to allergies, so it is better to acquire the feed of the super-premium class. They are characterized by a large content of the meat component (50-80%), vegetable, berry and herbal additives.
Among the popular types of feeds for Pekingese are suitable Acana, Piccolo, Belcando, Orijen, Pronature, Now Natural Holistic, Golden Eagle. Among the feed class premium is recommended brand feed Royal Canin, HAPY DOG, HILLS. The range of dry food is very large, some of them are universal, intended for any breed.
There are feeds for sterilized animals, for puppies and adults, for the elderly, for pregnant women, as well as those who are prone to dismisses.
Pekingese can not feed feed type "asset" and "Sport", since such species are intended for high-activity dogs. In a sedentary pecigation, such varieties will only cause weight gain.
When choosing a finished feed, you need to pay attention to such factors.
- It is necessary to choose only high-quality feed, eliminating the products of class economy.
- The composition of the feed is very important. Proteins should be represented not by sub-products, but meat, carbohydrates - oatmeal and rice, but not potatoes or wheat. In the stern, the fiber must be contained and the necessary daily number of trace elements and vitamins.
- Feed must be selected according to the age of Benez. For puppies of different ages, there are certain types of puppies for up to one month, from 1 to 3 months, up to 6 months.
- For pets that have any diseases, you need to choose specialized feed.
The main condition for feeding dry food is the provision of a rich drink dog in constant access. In addition to dry feed, there are other types of finished feed: semi-discharge - canned meat with vegetables and cereals, as well as pate; Wet - various stew with pieces of meat in sauce. Apply them mainly for treats in the form of delicacy.
Recommendations of specialists
Veterinarians and breeders who have extensive experience in breeding Pekingese give such recommendations.
- In the period when the puppy changes the children's undercoat on adult wool, it is necessary to include in the diet, except for fish, algae and mollusks. However, it should be remembered that at an earlier age (up to 6-8 months) cannot be given them.
- To secure a pet vitamin with it is useful to include the greenery of parsley and salad leaves in the diet.
- Whatever the type of feeding the dog, it can not be flipped. Imcessive weight will lead to a violation of the heart of the heart, will affect the functions of the stomach, will cause shortness of breath. With overweight, it is necessary to reduce the volume of portion, as well as include more vegetables.
- Veterinarians advise not to feed too often the pet buckwheat, as it can provoke the occurrence of urolithiasis.
- It is not recommended to feed Pekingese Mintham. It contains elements capable of harming the animal health.
- If Pekingese did not eat all the feed, he was flooded. The feeder must be removed until the next feeding. It will protect the pet from overeating.
- When feeding the finished food of Pekingese, fresh vegetables and fruits can be given as a delicacy, but their volume should not be above 20% of the entire daily rate of dry feed.
The owner himself must decide what kind of feed to choose for a pet. The main indicator that the dog feeds is right and its diet meets all the requirements, is the well-being of Pekingese. If he is cheerful and active, wool glitters, then the food is organized correctly.
With incorrect diet, some changes in the appearance of the pet are observed: the wool loses the shine and becomes dim and even falls out, the dog goes lazy and hard, gaining weight or it appears signs of allergies in the form of a "crying" eye. In this case, the veterinarian consultation is necessary and the appointment of a special diet.
Not only the health of the pet depends on the proper nutrition, but also the duration of his life.
For the diet of Benez, see the following video.