Sentences with phrase «adult dog food label»

While it is very important to read the ingredients list on an adult dog food label to make sure that the ingredients used are of high quality, you also want to pay attention to the ingredients that are NOT listed.

Not exact matches

Dog food for puppies, or any food labeled for «growth and gestation» are required by the FDA to have higher levels of protein and fat than foods labeled for adult dogs.

Once the daily energy requirement of an adult dog is known, it is not difficult to evaluate the amount of commercial pet food it needs per day: to make this, it is enough to divide the calculated daily calorie requirement of the dog by the calorie content in the pet food, which is usually reported on the label.

Therefore, it is good to look for dog food that has been labeled as «adult maintenance» by the AAFCO.

For example, working dogs, or very active dogs, will do better on an adult food with a higher calorie content, whereas more sedentary dogs may benefit from a less calorie rich diet labeled «Lite», or «Weight Control» (14).

Obviously not ideal, but if you have more than one dog and prefer to feed a single type of dog food, then buying foods labeled «multi-stage» may be adequate as these cater for puppies, adult and senior dogs.

In fact, these «private label» foods often are produced by quality pet food companies, and some adult dogs may do fine on these foods.

If a pet food company chooses the feeding trial method to say their product is nutritionallly adequate, the label will read something similar to, «Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Brand Y Adult dog food provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance of adult dogs.&rAdult dog food provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance of adult dogs.&radult dogs.»

The FDA considers dog foods labelled «All Life Stages» as nutritionally adequate for puppies, adults, nursing mothers, and senior dogs.