Chow Chow (details)
I often see some pet forums to discuss "Do dogs need calcium supplementation"?
In response to this issue, both the positive and negative sides discussed. The editor of Bochi.com often goes to some pet shopping malls on Taobao on weekdays, and found that it seems that various calcium tablets and calcium powder are selling well.
So do dogs need calcium supplement?
First, some friends think that dogs need calcium supplementation. Some dog owners think "dogs need calcium supplement". Let's take a look at their claims :
"Calcium powder and vitamins should be supplemented during the breeding of puppies, which are necessary for the growth of teeth and cumbersome.
In particular, purebred dogs with large skeletons, such as boxers, Dan Dogs, etc., puppies need calcium during the puppies. So dogs should supplement calcium. "Well, it seems that it is a good choice to supplement the calcium to Chow Chow Dog. But is this statement comprehensive? Objective? We might as well listen to the views of other dog friends.
2. After another opinion, after understanding the above statement, let's take a look at the article of a pet columnist.
1. Be sure to study the dog's condition first and then decide whether to supplement the dog. Dogs only need to replenish when calcium deficiency, not like a little nutrients. There is no problem with excessive replenishment. Excessive calcium supplementation can also cause diseases.
2. In the small environment of the dog's body, there is a balanced relationship between trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, zinc, and iron. Excessive supply of calcium will cause the lack of other elements, cause slow growth, thyroid gland, and thyroid gland. The function is reduced, and sometimes it is actually lacking phosphorus, but when you look at the symptoms of calcium deficiency, the worse, the worse.
3. At present, excessive amounts of calcium intake of dogs are often more common than calcium deficiency. Nowadays, the dog food has taken into account the problem of nutritional balance. If it is a pet dog with dog food as a staple food at home, there will be no calcium deficiency, and the calcium powder and calcium tablets increased by the exterior will be increased. It will make the dog's calcium intake larger than that.
4. For puppies with large dogs greater than 25kg in adulthood, the best development of bones is 1%of dog food, and the minimum calcium content for small dogs is 2.5%.
3. Conclusion The above two claims, do you think that statement is more reasonable?
If your dog has no problems, don't supplement calcium.
Four, a little bit of calcium supplement
Although the editor does not recommend that everyone blindly supplement the dogs to supplement calcium, if your dog really needs calcium supplementation, here is a common sense of calcium supplement: 1. Usually puppies growing under 1 year old, daily calcium nourishing powder powder powder powder powder daily powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder daily powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder daily supplementation of calcium powder powder powder powder daily powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder daily powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder powder daily nourishment powder powder powder powder powder powder daily nourishing calcium powder powder powder daily powder powder powder powder nourishing powder powder powder daily powder powder powder powder nourishing powder powder daily powder powder powder powder powder powder powder daily supplementation The amount of calcium powder is required for each 2 kg body weight. As the age increases, the dose of calcium powder should be increased proportionally.
2. After the age of 1, because the dog has entered a mature period, the growth of teeth and regret has stabilized, and the amount of calcium powder is relatively reduced. Essence
However, there should be an appropriate amount of outdoor exercise daily, which is exposed to ultraviolet rays to facilitate the absorption of calcium.
Too much calcium powder is harmful and unhelpful.