At around eight to twelve weeks, you can finally take your puppy home. Ideally, the breeder will provide you with food for a few days until you have found the right dry food for your puppy. From then on, it’s important to choose a food that meets the breed’s specific needs and contains all the nutrients for a vital life and healthy growth. Always look at the composition of dry puppy food and make sure it is suitable for your breed.

The right food lays the foundation for a vital life and healthy growth. For the latter, puppies need a different nutrient supply than adult dogs. The breed is also an important factor when choosing dry puppy food. Medium and large dog breeds should not grow too fast, as it can have a negative effect on the joints and the entire skeleton. For this reason, some complete foods contain green-lipped mussels to prevent growth-related joint problems. While large breeds grow through 20 months of age, growth plays only a minor role in small breeds. Nevertheless, you should choose a dry food for puppies that meets the dog’s nutritional and psychological requirements.

A high meat content, a balanced nutrient content and a natural composition of vitamins, trace elements and minerals are the basis for a good dry puppy food. Protein sources such as beef, poultry and fish should be the main ingredient. For sensitive dogs, there are grain-free complete foods with a special nutrient composition. Added sugar or soy as well as artificial preservatives, dyes or flavourings should be avoided as far as possible. Some products also contain calcium and phosphorus to promote the development of bones and teeth and special ingredients to support a stable intestinal flora.

Always provide your dog with fresh water as, unlike wet food, it consumes very little fluid through the food. And if the chunks of dry food are too big for your puppy, you can soften them with water before feeding them for the first time. You can recognise good dry puppy food that your dog can tolerate by the fact that your pet has a dense and shiny coat and the stool is small and optimally formed.

The Maxi Zoo online shop has the right dry food for every puppy. There you’ll find a variety of different manufacturers that cater to the breed-specific characteristics of the animals and offer complete feeds that cover all needs in every phase of life. You can also take advantage of fast delivery and great prices.