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  • Amy Jones
    • Puppy

    Calcium for puppy

    Amy Jones

    Posted : 4/20/2007 9:40:54 AM

    I recently read the thread about stopping the dog food obsession, I agree and wish I could, but I seem to be out of control! My pup is almost 5 months old. I feed Timberwolf. I see there is Lots of controversy about the company. I like the ingedients and have had good cust serv so far. I am not interested in starting a TWO debate.
    I have fed my pup the wild and natural and the Sw chicken. I supplement his pm meals with either yogert, eggs, cott cheese, or veggies. He gets some banana or other dog treats during the day as well.
    I am thinking of ordering the lamb formula. The calcium level is concerning, it is 1.8%, the phos is 1.4%. Do you guys think that is too high for a pup who will likely be around 60 lbs?
    Thank you in advance for your opinions, I am going nutsy with all of the recall news[&:]
  • mudpuppy
    • Gold Top Dog
    mudpuppy

    Posted : 4/20/2007 10:35:38 AM

    that's ok. you want it to fall between 1.0% and 2.0%.  A few percentage points here and there won't affect your pup.
     
    You usually only see overt problems with foods like Evo, which is 3% calcium, or raw feeders who feed too many bones, or people who give extra calcium pills to their puppies, or people who feed rich regular puppy food to their large breed puppies, or Eukabana's large breed puppy food which doesn't have enough calcium (0.8%) to support proper bone development.
  • Amy Jones
    • Puppy
    Amy Jones

    Posted : 4/20/2007 11:05:17 AM

    Thanks for responding[sm=happy.gif].What do you mean by- rich puppy food-?
  • mudpuppy
    • Gold Top Dog
    mudpuppy

    Posted : 4/20/2007 11:52:30 AM

    "regular" puppy food, not "large breed puppy food" tends to be chock-full of calories and nutrients and promotes too rapid growth of the puppy.
  • Santino Rizzo
    • Gold Top Dog
    Santino Rizzo

    Posted : 4/20/2007 2:17:45 PM

    It also depends on the calorie density of the food.  You would feed less of a high calorie density food , so the amount of calcium in the diet would be less.

    If you dog needed 1400 calories per day:

    Food A has 4200 calories per 1Kg and is 1.8% calcium  you would need to feed  about 330g per day which comes to about 6g of calcium.

    Food B has 3200 calories per 1Kg and is 1.8% calcium you would need to feed about 440g per day which comes to about 8g of calcium.