A balanced diet- an essential factor for the physical growth of your puppy
The important point is to balance the proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the dog’s diet as we do for ourselves. The various foodstuffs recommended for puppies are milk, cottage cheese, yoghurt, wheat porridge, cream of wheat (suji), various seasonal vegetables, rice and/or wheat chapattis, or sometimes bread. Products like Farex, available with chemists, could be substituted for porridge or suji for puppies who need additional minerals like calcium, multivitamins and yeast during their growth period.
Young dogs need more nutritious food for physical growth and weight gain. Meat, eggs and fish (all properly cooked) are an excellent source of protein for dogs. It is important that the eggs are cooked, preferably half boiled or poached- so that their intake does not interfere with the absorption of vitamins, particularly of the B complex group. Some seasonal green vegetables and finely grated carrots cooked and mashed with a little rice or wheat chapattis, should be included as one meal. If you introduce vegetables into the diet much later, dogs do not develop a taste for all. From about three months of age, if the owners are in a position to feed the dog cooked meat; this could be included in the diet. Care should be taken to see that there are no bones in the meat or fish.