Everyone knows that calcium supplementation is a very critical thing for dogs. However, not all dogs are suitable for calcium supplementation. Moreover, there is also a focus on calcium supplementation, and it is not good to just supplement calcium....
Everyone knows that calcium supplementation is a very critical thing for dogs. However, not all dogs are suitable for calcium supplementation. Moreover, there is also a focus on calcium supplementation, and it is not good to just supplement calcium. Let’s first look at which dogs must supplement calcium.
1. Which dogs must supplement calcium?
Dogs that must supplement calcium can be easily divided into three categories: elderly dogs, pregnant bitches and young dogs.
Older dogs have deteriorated physiological functions and the harm of their diseases, and their calcium outflows are very harmful to the human bone amplitude.
After pregnant, a bitch, needs milk after she has just produced a puppy, which also has a huge load on the human body. Daily diet cannot show sufficient calcium, so you must increase your calcium intake at this time.
After weaning, young dogs must add some calcium to fill kinetic energy and provide kinetic energy storage for their own growth and development. However, there is no need to take too much intake and strictly follow the use of special calcium supplement products. Let’s talk about some problems with calcium supplementation.
2. Calcium supplementation should be appropriate
Nowadays, owners have taken care of their dogs in a timely manner, and their dogs' diet is also very good. But there are also some owners who keep giving their dogs calcium supplement products. It is not necessary to think that only the lack of calcium will cause damage to the dog. Too much calcium supplementation can also be harmful.
1. Excessive calcium supplementation
Dog food is prepared by professionals after scientific research on management and nutritional ingredients. The nutrients in it contain the nutrients needed for dogs to grow and develop. If eating dog food is also used to supplement calcium, it will lead to overcapacity of calcium production. Calcium can promote bone growth but cannot promote muscle growth throughout the body. When the muscles of the whole body cannot keep up with the growth and development of the bones, it will pull the hip joint out of the joint socket, causing structural changes in the hip joint and eventually causing declining rheumatism.
3. How to supplement calcium for dogs
1. Choose the right dog food and use nutritious young dog food. The ingredients of adult dogs are different from those of young dogs. Therefore, when your dog is over 10 months old, please change it to dog food. When it comes to aging, it has to be replaced with dog food for the elderly.
2. Can choose calcium tablets for pregnant women for dogs. It usually indicates that the amount of food is taken according to the rest. Be careful that young dogs don’t need to take bones, milk to supplement calcium. Generally speaking, diet therapy is safer than medicine. It can provide nutritional ingredients for beans and fish contours.
3. Excessive sun exposure and fitness exercise are also beneficial to the digestion and absorption of calcium.
