EBD Puppy, Calcium amount?

afo1201

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Hello, I have a 16 week old puppy, I have him on mainly kibble, but was wondering how much calcium percentage should the kibble have for him? I am feeding him victor grain free kibble, but it doesnt say calcium percentage. I believe most oit there have 1.2%? What are the calcium requirements and recommendations for a puppy boy?
 

helsonwheels

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Hello, I have a 16 week old puppy, I have him on mainly kibble, but was wondering how much calcium percentage should the kibble have for him? I am feeding him victor grain free kibble, but it doesnt say calcium percentage. I believe most oit there have 1.2%? What are the calcium requirements and recommendations for a puppy boy?

Are you feeding him the ā€œactive dog n puppy ā€œ formula?
 

helsonwheels

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Usually a quality kibble will be balanced out with calcium or minerals. Example calcium can be find in eggs which had 50mg of calcium. Itā€™s going to be in the ingredients. IMO, you donā€™t need to give extra vitamins. Not necessary rights now. You donā€™t want to over supplement a puppy. Simply add supplements as food ingredient like give him as a treat or topping an egg once in a while, Greek yoghurt or sardines etc.... I googled your dog food to look for Calcium only has D-calcium pantothenate which basically is B5 n youā€™ll find that in eggs, cereal grains or milk. Also I noticed there is only ā€œmealā€ and no meat. Meal is good but still 300x in protein. Example below are PUPPY KIBBLES!

See how yours is all ā€œmealā€ and Acana has 16% of meat then the rest is ā€œmealā€? Most acana bags will have between 16-20 meat protein then the ā€œmealā€. This is hard to explain lol. Iā€™m in the food industry n I personally would rather go with a kibble that also has meat than just all ā€œmealā€. There are also other kibbles like Zignature or Fromm but again always read the back any bag.

1) YOURS
Beef Meal, Peas, Sweet Potato, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Menhaden Fish Meal (source of DHA-Docosahexaenoic Acid), Blood Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Pork Meal, Yeast Culture, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Carrot Powder, Tomato Pomace (source of Lycopene), Taurine, Salt, Choline Chloride, Dried Seaweed Meal, Zinc Methionine Complex, Vitamin E Supplement, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Calcium Carbonate, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Ferrous Sulfate, L-Carnitine, Selenium Yeast, Copper Sulfate, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Powdered Cellulose, Brewers Dried Yeast, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Silicon Dioxide, Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate, Vegetable Oil, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Spearmint Extract, Lecithin, Fructooligosaccharide, Folic Acid, Yucca Schidigera Extract...

2) Acana (or other high quality kibbles n read the ingredients)
Fresh chicken meat (16%), chicken meal (13%), turkey meal (13%), red lentils, whole green peas, fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart, kidney) (6%), chicken fat (6%), cage-free eggs (4%), fresh whole flounder (4%), herring meal (3%), herring oil (3%), sun-cured alfalfa (2%), green lentils, field beans (2%), whole yellow peas, pea fibre, fresh chicken cartilage (2%), dried brown kelp, fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole parsnips, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh mustard greens, fresh turnip greens, fresh whole carrots, fresh Red Delicious apples, fresh Bartlett pears, freeze-dried chicken liver, freeze-dried turkey liver, fresh whole cranberries, fresh whole blueberries, chicory root, turmeric, milk thistle, burdock root, lavender, marshmallow root, rose hips.SUPPLEMENTS: Zinc chelate. Vitamin E (preservative).*Contains mixed tocopherols (a tocopherol rich extract of natural origin- Vitamin E and Rosemary Oil). Also contains the probiotic Enterococcus faecium.
 

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