Many people hear that huskies are bad for salt, so they don't put any salt when making dog food for their huskies, for fear that huskies will hurt their stomachs and kidneys . In fact, this approach is wrong, Huskies still need a certain amount of salt.

As we all know, if people lack salt, it is easy to cause physical fatigue. In fact, the same is true for huskies. Lack of salt is not only easy to fatigue, but also causes stagnation of growth and development, dull coat, hair loss and dry skin. According to the standard value analysis guidance of NRC (American Feed Nutrition Standard), in the dry dog food currently sold on the market, the salt content is generally around 1.3-1.4%.

Feeding huskies dogs salty food for a long time will irritate the dog's stomach and kidneys, but if the dog's food is insufficient in salt, it will also cause their physical strength to decline . Salt contains a small amount of magnesium and calcium, which are indispensable substances for dogs to survive. If huskies do not eat salt, they will not survive.

So, how much salt is appropriate for husky dogs? Generally speaking, the daily intake of salt for a dog weighing 1 kg is 0.4-0.7 mg.

If the dog food required for a 1kg body weight is about 20g per day, a 20kg husky needs to eat 400g of dry food every day. After conversion, the amount of salt required is about 5.6g. It can be seen that when we make homemade meals for huskies, we appropriately add about 1.4% salt. If you feel that Xiaoha is still lacking in salt, you can add salt to his drinking water at intervals every week.