Age-appropriate diet considerations for each stage of your dog’s life

Puppy

Your vet might recommend the best puppy food according to your dog’s breed, size, and health status. It’s super important to get your pup off on a high-quality nutritional regimen that’ll lay a strong foundation for good health throughout their life. A puppy needs much more calories than adult or senior dogs. You also need to ensure that their age-appropriate diet delivers the right balance of animal proteins, high-quality fats, and critical nutrients to support early development.

Recommended Product:

We’re big fans of the Hills Science Plan range of puppy foods for small and mini, medium, and large breed pups since each line has been formulated with breed-specific health problems in mind, and as such, helps to counteract health problems.

Adult Dog

When your dog reaches the age of 12-18 months old, they’re developmentally matured and officially enter the stage of adulthood. Growth spurts will have rounded out by this time, so your furry friends need a solid nutritional foundation to stay in good health. An age-appropriate diet can help support overall health and increase your dog’s life expectancy while covering all the crucial things like immunity, dental health, skin and coat, and digestive health.

Recommended Product:

If you’re not looking to buy something specific to your dog’s breed, we recommend Montego Adult Dog Food. Montego Adult is suitable for small and medium breeds from the age of 1, but for larger breeds, it’s best to only start them on Montego Adult when they’re around 2 years old.

The Golden Years

As your dog approaches his or her senior years, you’ll have to start implementing an age-appropriate diet. When your dog reaches this stage depends on his breed size and weight since larger breeds live shorter lives than smaller breeds. Your senior dog needs fewer minerals in her food to protect her kidneys.

Recommended Product:

Vets Choice Golden Years is an excellent choice for mature dogs from the age of 7 years for small and medium breeds and 7 years for large and giant breeds. With added barley and glucose modulation, this option assists with weight control and metabolic processes. It also contains balanced Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids to enhance your dog’s skin and coat.

Final thoughts

All dogs need specially formulated foods according to their breed size and genetic makeup. Not just as preventative nutrition, but also to support their ageing process. The varieties we’ve covered here will ensure your furry friend gets balanced nutrition throughout their life to maintain good health and quality lifestyle!

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If you’re keen on learning more about the benefits of Lokuno dog food, read our review to find out why it might just become SA’s next best seller!

What is Lokuno dog food?

Lokuno takes things back to basics and makes feeding your dog a healthy diet simple and affordable too. These food are free from artificial colorants and flavorings, made with 100% real ingredients, and come packed with super high levels of protein, which is exactly what your dog needs.

The Lokuno range supports healthy skin and coat condition enables and supports healthy digestion and works hard to help provide joint and bone support. It also aids in the development of a healthy immune system and, depending on your pet’s life stage, can cater to just about any nutritional need.

No bad stuff here

We’ve talked about the horrifying truth about what goes into pet food these days before, so if you’re a Petz fan, you already know all about it. If not, you can check out the gory details here. Since we’re totally obsessed about finding real food for pets, the Lokuno range of pet foods immediately got our attention since they only use real ingredients and no fillers.

All their foods are meat-based diets that are inspired by a dog’s natural meat craving. Chicken is their star ingredient since it’s such an amazing source of amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, and chondroitin, which supports healthy joints.

If you’re looking for some peace of mind, you can rest assured that Lokuno uses NO bovine or fish by-products and they add ZERO sugar or artificial sweeteners to their products. Just like we all like to know exactly what we’re consuming, it’s important to know what goes into your pet’s food too, and that’s why the company is totally transparent with their ingredients.

A perfect match for every stage of your dog’s life

As your dog ages, his or her nutritional needs will change, and Lokuno knows that all too well. The manufacturer caters to all stages and ages including:

• Puppy food – formulated to provide a complete balanced diet for puppies u to the age of 14 months
• Adult food – This range caters to the lower nutrient requirement of adult dogs compared to puppies but still focuses on the right balance of nutrients to prolong the onset of potential health problems.
• Senior food – Older dogs have less muscle mass than adult dogs and thus require fewer calories. Lokuno’s senior range caters to those needs and places greater emphasis on immune support to help keep your golden oldie feeling in tip-top shape.

Proudly South African

Here at Petz, we love supporting local businesses, which is yet another reason we love Lokuno. It’s formulated and developed by South African nutritionists and manufactured locally. Not only does buying this brand mean you’re supporting SA’s economy, but you’re also buying into one of the most affordable and best food options currently available on the market.

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Formulation of Eukanuba Large Senior

This product range has been specially formulated with the specific nutritional needs of mature and senior large breed dogs in mind. They support healthy joints, immune health, dental health and weight control. With the optimal daily amount of protein, fat, carbs and essential minerals and vitamins, the Large Senior is a great all-round choice for mature, large breeds.

Best aspects of this diet:

This diet contains top-quality ingredients and high levels of animal-based protein. Here’s a quick look at what’s inside:

CoatCare+

Helps to promote a strong and healthy coat and also supports healthy skin and the natural healing process. Eukanuba Large Senior contains gamma-linoleic acid (GLA) and just enough Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids, which is essential for immune support in older dogs.

WeightControl

If your dog is a little overweight, this is a great pick because it assists with weight loss and overall weight management. With lower fa levels and L-carnitine, the formulation helps burn fat and maintain lean muscle mass.

DigestiCare+

This blend helps to promote a healthy digestive system and improves the overall intestinal environment. Because this dog food contains an exclusive formulation of fermentable fibres (beet pulp and FOS), it has an excellent nutrient absorption rate.

FlexMobility

A common issue among mature large breed dogs is joint health, but FlexMobility helps to assist with keeping the joints healthy. With added glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate, it promotes cartilage resistance and strength.

ImmunoHealth

Here’s where your dog gets immune system support that also promotes the natural restoration of healthy cells. With added antioxidants like vitamin E, this is the perfect blend for ageing dogs.

GlucoseBalance

It’s important to manage your ageing large dog’s blood sugar levels after meals, which is why Eukanuba Large Senior contains special carbohydrate sources, which helps cut down on the risk of diabetes in older dogs.

DentalCare

As your dog ages, you’ll have to pay closer attention to his or her dental health. This large breed dog food assists with promoting healthy teeth by reducing the build-up of tartar on the teeth. The crunchy kibbles remove plaque and the combination of added minerals help prevent it from forming on the teeth again.

Nutrient analysis

Here’s a look at what your dog will get with each serving of this superior quality dog food:

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