My puppy eats home-cooked food. Does he need vitamin supplements?

If you feed a good quality puppy food, you shouldn't need to supplement with additional vitamins. Any excess will typically be excreted in the urine. If you feed a homemade diet, vitamin supplementation is recommended. Review the ingredients with your vet to confirm proper dosing.

Hi there. If you're making your own food for Charlie, that's great! This can definitely be a good way to manage dogs who have food allergies or sensitivities. But, you do need to make sure that the diet you're feeding is complete and nutritionally balanced for long-term feeding. I would recommend using www.balanceit.com or www.petdiets.com to formulate an appropriate diet for Charlie, using the ingredients of your choosing. These websites will help you determine what ingredients are needed in what amounts, and will also advise you on any supplements that may need to be added.

Wheat chapatis is not a balanced diet for a puppy, and Beast should be fed a puppy formulated food such as Royal Canin which will give him all the nutrients and vitamins he needs to grow correctly. It is never recommended to give a puppy calcium and vitamin tablets, as that can cause serious problems with their growth if too much is given. I recommend feeding Beast Royal Canin puppy formulated food, and at six months of age, he can be fed twice a day.

This product is essentially just a vitamin and mineral supplement. If Buzo is being fed a packaged puppy food that you get from the store, then this is not necessary, because it will already have all the vitamins and minerals needed. If he is being fed a home-cooked food, then it would be good to give him this supplement. I hope that helps and all is well with Buzo.

Because Ghontu is eating a high quality food, she does not need any multivitamins. Too many vitamins can have adverse effects on her growth, and it's not recommended to give them to dogs unless they are suffering from a nutritional deficiency.

I would not generally recommend using supplements unless a specific condition has been diagnosed which would benefit from nutritional treatment. I would recommend feeding a high quality, balanced food which has been formulated for his specific size and age. Adding multivitamins to a good diet can lead to accidental excesses and imbalances and can be harmful

As long as your dogs are getting a high quality dog food, you do not need to give them any vitamins. Their food will provide all the vitamins they need. You can give them glucosamine, which is a dietary supplement that helps with joint health. Typically it's given as 20 mg/lb of body weight, and you can find canine glucosamine tablets at the pet store. One of the most important things to do is have yearly vet health checks for them to make sure everything is ok. Be sure to keep up to date with their vaccines, flea treatment, deworming treatments, and heartworm treatments. Also have regular dental cleanings done with the vet. Just like humans, dogs need their teeth cleaned, and severe dental disease can lead to other problems such as liver abscesses and endocarditis from bacteria traveling from the mouth via the bloodstream. I hope this helps!