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SOME RULES FOR A GOOD GROWTH UP FOR YOUR DANE
FEEDING
WHAT KIND OF FOOD YOU CAN GIVE TO YOUR PUPPY
mainly in its first nine months of life because this period when
great danes face the greatest growth.
Great dane is one of the most difficult dogs to rear
because it requires more attentions in comparison with other dogs.
An adult male reaches 75-90 Kg, an adult female 65-75 Kg,
and its height can range according to the subject, from 80 to 95 cms.
Among the weaker points of this breed are the legs which are
a telltale sign of a correct feeding. The lack or the excess of fats,
vitamins and calcium are the main causes of irrecoverable
defects of the limbs, and for this reason is essential to feed these dogs
al least during the first nine months of life with a dry food for puppies
(Royalcanine, Hills, Pro plan Purina, Eucanuba) You
can add to the recommended dose a spoonful of meat ,
cheese, or parmesan cheese etc., ANYWAY NO MORE THAN THIS
UNTILL THE NINE MONTHS.
It is advisable to provide the dog in the adult age too
with some food (suitable to the age) in order to guarantee
all the elements required.
I will never get tired to tell
that a wrong structure of the limbs is always
a symptom of a bad feeding!!!!!!!!!!! Insofar I always
recommended all our visitors,
to hold under tightened control their new friend, and to show
him us at least once a month up to the seven months of life,
and to call us when facing any perplexities.
It is a good rule to hold your dog more thin then fat
(clearly thin doesn't mean a skeleton) in order to avoid to get heavy
the skeletal apparatus in evolution. We will give him time to round
after the nine months of his life, when the puppy will stop to growth
and
he will start the structural construction phase.
You have to learn to observe your dog to decide if the quantity
of food is superior or inferior to its requirements. The metabolism
of every dogs, as for every human being, is different for this reason
the alimentary charts of the foods do not express always the
requirements of your new friend.
WE INVITE
YOU TO CONSULT US FOR ANY REASON.
HOW MANY MEALS YOU HAVE TO GIVE TO YOUR PUPPY
An adult great dane cannot eat less than two meals a day during all his life!!!!!
These dogs in fact, because of their massive structure, have
a slow digestion and they are subject (as all the giant dogs) to
the torsion. This is the reason why it's better to divide the feeding
in two daily meals in order to avoid to overtire the stomach.
For the same reason it's better to
assemble their sport activities away from the meals.
A 2 months old puppy eats four meals a day and
you
will feed him like that until he will ask for them!
When he will begin to reject a meal you can
give him three meals until 6 months of age
WHAT KIND OF SUPPLEMENT YOU CAN GIVE:
As breeder I learned that
specific food do not always guarentee a correct structural
development in such a giant breed.
Of course, we are not speaking about genetical defects, which could be
avoided only by a correct breed selection, or about traumatic defects.
We are talking about defects related to a
fast growth in a brief time, typical of this breed.
I use to integrate the diet of the dogs who require it with a
product called ”Canzocal “ (by Medivet) that you can order in
a pharmacy. This product doesn't impose the assimilation of
the calcium, as happens with the injection, but it allows the assimilation
where needed.
It prevents the hip dysplasia and it is helps in case of fractures,
in the lassia of the cartilages and in the osteoporosis in senile age.
Anyway I always suggest to consult the breeder and the vet before
starting the use of any supplement.
SYMPTOMS OF
BAD FEEDING
are the followings:
back legs flex to X
anterior legs flex to X
yelding in the back one
opaque hair
dandruff
ALL THESE SYMPTOMS WILL MAKE US UNDERSTAND THAT WE
ARE MAKING SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THE FEEDING OF THE DOG!!!!!!!!!
WHERE THE DOG HAVE TO EAT
It's important to take care about the position in which our dog eats
in order to guarantee a correct digestion and a correct construction
of the apparatus osteo-articulate.
It is therefore important to place the bowl in which the dog
eats to his height.
The anterior legs don't have to bend, but they have to keep on
holding a correct position. The neck has to flex as a swan in order
to favor the development of the muscles of the neck. It is clear
that the bowl must not be in a too high position, but in the
correct relationship between the correct position and the growth
of the dog.The adult dog will have his bowl positioned on a chair or
on the
special tripod that can be found in any specialized shop.
HIS DOGHOUSE:
Even if it's difficult to believe it, great
danes would be apartment dogs and they suffer the lack of a
confortable shelter, hot and dry. This dog cannot
stay the whole day in the garden during the summer and the winter .
This breed also suffers the cold and the damp, his doghouse has to
be soft, but not flexible (as a little cot, where the back would
flex too much) isolated by ground, in a warm and dry place.
A great dane who has always to stay out, in late age will surely
suffer of rheumatisms or of osteo-articular
problems.
THE EDUCATION:
Great dane is not a dog trainable to the attacks!
A dog of 90 kg would be very dangerous!
He loves his family and therefore he will defend it when necessary,
however it is not a territorial dog and therefore of mild nature
toward both men and animals. However it is very
important to teach him a basic education since early age. It has to
learn how to stay on the leash and some fundamental orders: foot,
footstep, set, stays ... etc. You can teach this orders by
yourself or bring him in a training school .
Since he is a puppy, it's better to use him to go to the leash,
using a strangle collar.
This collar will serve for educating him to the five fundamental
orders, not inflicting him the torture of the strangulation but
teach him to escape to the annoying pressure answering to the
command. The collar doesn't have to be a punishment. On the
contrary it has to be a respectful mean of communication between
the animal and you! When he see the collar he has to be happy
because it has to represent the relaxation of the walk. If
during your walk you have to punish him, it's better to close always
in beautiful way so that he could preserve a pleasant
memory of the collar and the leash.
It's important that teach him not to jump on people and not
to eat at your table!!!!!!!!!!!
Until the three months of age, particularly if male, the puppy
will find hard to check well its needs. So, be tolerant!
After the three months of age you can pretend that he control
himself inside the house. Use the vocal tone to punish him, and
he will learn to listen and to perform your orders.
YOU CAN BRING A POLITE DOG EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!
Love
The most important things for a great dane are your
company and your love. If you purchases this dog you have to know
that he will require a lot of your time. If you desire
a dog just to put it in garden it's better to opt for another breed !!!!!!
It is a particularly sensitive dog. If you leave him for some days,
bring him to someone whom he knows because otherwise he could
refuse to eat until you come back. If you use to pass long time
away from home, bring him with you. He is a dog who could not bear
to
stay more than a
couple of days in a dog pension.
REMEMBER THAT THE DOG IS THE MAN'S BEST FRIEND
BUT MAN IS
FREQUENTLY HIS BEST ENEMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Giardino dei Capovilla kennel
whishes you
a good
continuation with yours
new friend