Puppy Food – High Quality Dry Food For Young Dogs

Puppy dog food should supply the correct number of calories, dietary components and balance of nutrients that a young, growing dog needs. The best complete puppy food will contain ingredients to support healthy digestion and developing digestive systems and be fortified with calcium and minerals to support growing teeth and bones. Look for:

• High protein puppy food – around 29% protein – for young growing muscles
• Natural puppy food – that contains no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives
• Recipes that are fortified with calcium and minerals to support healthy teeth and bones
• Recipes that contain biotin and zinc to support skin and coat health along with antioxidants to support developing immune systems
• Smaller nuggets specially created for puppy-sized mouths and teeth

Puppy kibble is widely acknowledged to be a great way to deliver a nutritious, balanced, complete diet. It’s a natural puppy food that’s carefully crafted to provide exactly the right balance of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and fats that your dog needs, in an easy-to-feed form.

What’s more, unlike wet puppy food, dry puppy food stays fresh inside the pack until you’re ready to serve it to your young dog. And, by following the on-pack instructions, it’s easy to measure out exactly the right sized portion.

• Feeding the right amount is important, as giving your puppy a little more than they need means that they could become overweight, which can lead to all manner of health problems. Equally, if you don’t feed enough, your puppy will not be getting all the nutrients they need and will become underweight.Dry puppy food is suitable for young dogs aged six weeks up to 12 months. Introduce your puppy to kibble over the space of a week by mashing a little down with hot water to create a paste and cooling to room temperature. Gradually add less water until your puppy is eating the dry kibbles.Animal welfare charity Blue Cross recommends, from when you bring your puppy home at eight weeks until they are four months old, it’s best to feed them four meals a day. At four months, reduce this to three meals a day and when they turn six months, reduce to two meals. Continue a morning and evening meal throughout your pup’s life.

  The charity also recommends spacing out meals evenly throughout the day – remaining consistent will help get them into a routine. Avoid strenuous exercise after eating, which can lead to vomiting and potentially bloat – a rare but life-threatening condition that causes the stomach to distend and twist, cutting off the blood supply and filling it with air.

  Follow the on-pack guidelines to ensure you are feeding the correct amount of complete puppy food for their weight. Over-feeding puppies may encourage an acceleration in growth. This can cause skeletal abnormalities where joints are not formed correctly, for example, osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia.

  And don’t forget to provide plenty of fresh clean water for them to drink!

When your young dog reaches between 12 and 18 months, it’s time to move them from puppy kibble onto a complete food for adult dogs. Dogs are classed as ‘adult’ from around 18 months, although this depends on their breed – larger breeds tend to develop more slowly. If you’re not sure whether your dog has reached adulthood, ask your vet for advice.

As your dog goes through different life stages, their nutrition needs change. The best dog food for adult dogs is naturally rich in protein for good muscle maintenance and contains essential fatty acids to help nourish their coat and maintain healthy eyes.

But remember, when changing your dog’s diet from puppy to adult, you should do so gradually.

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At Burgess, all of our puppy kibble is made via a process known as thermal extrusion. This involves grinding down a range of high-quality ingredients into a fine flour and mixing them together. We then add steam and water to create a soft mixture which can be pushed through an extruder, where it’s cooked, and then through a die plate to form the nugget shape. The freshly pressed nuggets are then dried, cooled and packaged.

Producing puppy kibble via thermal extrusion has a number of benefits, including providing protection against harmful bacteria or viruses. The temperatures reached during the thorough cooking process ensure that any harmful bacteria, such as salmonella, and viruses are destroyed.

Burgess dry puppy food tastes great too! But don’t just take our word for it. With a raft of five-star reviews, comments include: “My puppy loves this food and I will buy it into adulthood”, “My puppy loves it and the fact it was recommended by one of the South West’s top breeders gives me confidence in the product” and “Excellent food our puppy loves it”