General
Royal Canin MAXI Babydog 30 - During their growth period, large breed puppies multiply their birth weight 70-90 times. They also need 14 to 18 months to fully develop. This longer growth period involves higher risks of bone or joint cartilage disorders.
Large breed puppies require specifically adapted nutrition during their unique long growth cycle. Feeding them a diet that is too high in energy can accelerate growth without allowing enough time for proper bone and skeletal development. They need a diet with a controlled amount of energy to limit rapid weight gain, with fructo-oligosaccharides (chicory extract) for optimal digestion and with balanced levels of calcium and phosphorus to promote optimal skeletal development.
The term “Maxi” includes dogs weighing from 55 to 100 pounds at adulthood. Most of them were originally bred as working dogs, and still today excel as sheep dogs, trackers, emergency rescue dogs, guard dogs or as guide dogs for the blind. They are faithful and affectionate and make ideal pets.
Growth Management Program - Meeting the Exceptional Needs of a Large Breed Puppy in the Early Growth Stage. From weaning until the age of five months, a large breed puppy's bones grow very quickly. Your puppy will grow, on average, 0.78 inches every 15 days and will put on 2.8 to 5.3 ounces per day, according to breed, reaching 50% of its full-grown weight around the age of five months. It needs twice as much energy as a full-grown dog as well as additional phosphorus and calcium for bone building.
Small Easy To Chew Kibble - Providing Smaller Kibbles, That are Easy for the Very Young Puppy to Chew. Your large breed puppy's baby teeth begin to appear at around the age of three weeks, and it will not have a complete set until about five weeks when it is ready to be weaned. Its diet will gradually change from milk to solid food. However, at this stage it is still not able to chew food that is too hard. The answer is to make the change gradually by moistening the kibbles to a mushy consistency. Your puppy will only have its complete and final set of teeth around the age of five months.
Digestive Safety - Ensuring Maximum Digestive Safety. A puppy's digestive system develops gradually during its first five months, which means that it is not yet ready to assimilate large quantities of food, and is unable to digest starch properly. To overlook this weakness when choosing your puppy's food would expose it to digestive disorders leading to diarrhea.
• For large breed puppies from weaning to 5 months of age.
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Ingredients
Ingredients: Chicken meal, rice, brown rice, chicken fat, corn gluten meal, chicken, dried egg powder, natural chicken flavor, dried beet pulp (sugar removed), anchovy oil (source of DHA), dried brewers yeast, sodium silico aluminate, powdered cellulose, potassium chloride, soya oil, psyllium seed husk, fructo-oligosaccharides, salt, L-lysine, dried brewers yeast extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides), Vitamins [dl-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, niacin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2) supplement, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], taurine, choline chloride, DL-methionine, glucosamine hydrochloride, Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], L-Carnitine, chondroitine sulfate, marigold extract (Calendula officinalis L.), preserved with mixed tocopherols (source of vitamin E) and citric acid, rosemary extract.
Calories
Calories Analysis (calories per cup): 1 cup - 461 kcal