Dogs can start to eat puppies dog food after the full moon is weaned. At the beginning of weaning, the chewing ability is not good, so they need to eat dog food that has been soaked in water.

Steps for soaking dog food:

Water temperature: put the boiled water To the water temperature of 40-70 degrees;

Water amount: The dog food can just absorb the water, so that the dog food after soaking can just absorb all the water, so that there is no need to put excess water Pour out and lose some nutrients;

Time: soak until the dog food is fully expanded; the solubility of each dog food is different, so the soaking time will be different. Usually warm water around 60 degrees, 20 minutes is enough, at this time the water temperature is about 30 degrees, just enough to feed.

Precautions for soaking dog food:

1. How old do dogs need to be to eat soaked dog food?

Generally, dogs can eat hard dog food when they have teeth. Chihuahua and other small dogs do not need to soak in food for about 2 months. ;

For medium and large dogs, usually after 3 months, it can be slowly not so soft, and it is completely over-hard dog food after 4 months;

In addition, it is not ruled out that the There are differences between dogs, and individual dogs will take longer to stop eating soft dog food.

2. Why should the temperature of the water for soaking the dog food be controlled?

Avoid boiling water to cause the loss of nutrients in the dog food, and hot water can easily scald the dog dog;