When your Maltese puppy comes home, you will have to plan on the kind of food to use. Again, you will be confronted with almost as many choices as you have when buying cereal and almost as many televised commercials for "the best food" for your growing dog. However, you will need to conduct a bit of research prior to the brand of food decision. It's typical of the Maltese breed to come with some digestive sensitivity. Therefore, you may need to exercise caution when choosing the food. Even though there may be some differences between food for the puppy and food for the adult dog, the Maltese still needs the proper balanced diet.
When looking into food brands, you may want to do some investigation about what ingredients are necessary for appropriate dog food. You can do your own research, but you may also want to discuss this with your veterinarian. In addition you will want to know about the specific stomach issues presented by the Maltese breed. Your Veterinarian should have lots of information about the type of food to feed your Maltese. They can also prescribe prescription food for sensitive stomachs or skin irritations. The choices may include brands and also the various forms of food available in a specific brand. Also, the type of food you choose also affects the dog's coat and skin. Type of food can help keep the hair healthy and reduce the amount of shedding as well as scratching.
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You will not be restricted to only one brand of food for your Maltese, but there may be some restrictions within a brand. There are numerous dry foods called "kibble" that contain protein and about 40% carbohydrates. The lined bags for these kibble type nuggets of food keep in the fat coating of the dry food. Also, there are foods that could be called "semi-moist" or "semi-dry" if you will. You have probably seen these in the store where they are found packaged in "pouches" with a certain number of pouches included in each box. However, with these foods, make certain there is no artificial coloring in the food. Then, of course, there are canned dog foods and frozen dog foods. Now, as you peruse the canned varieties, you will find several subcategories. You will see ones that are "stew," ones that are "ration," ones that are "all animal tissue," and ones that are "chunk." Most pet stores and super markets sell these canned varieties.
When you consider "frozen" dog food, you need to know that these foods contain nothing to "extend" them. They are only defrosted when you feed the dog and the doggie leftovers cannot be kept in your plastic food containers because of the possibility of growth of poisonous bacteria that can harm your Maltese. As you might have guessed, it can be quite expensive to feed a Maltese given their limited diet. If you do your preliminary groundwork, you should be able to make appropriate food choices. And if you're lucky, you might get a Maltese who doesn't have any food allergies, making feeding easy.
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