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KEY BENEFITS:Science Diet Puppy pet food gives your puppy the right balance of essential nutrients to start your puppy off right. An ideal combination of tasty ingredients helps a puppy's body grow strong and healthy. It is enhanced with natural DHA an Omega-3 fatty acid vital in the development of the brain and nervous system in puppies. Science Diet Puppy gives your dog the foundation for a lifetime of good health. Also great for pregnant and nursing dogs.
* For puppies/pregnant dogs: begin by feeding the suggested daily amount. Your pet may need less or more food to maintain proper weight. Adjust as needed. If you are unsure ask your veterinarian.
* For nursing dogs: keep food available at all times.
* For increased trainability of puppies it is recommended to feed this food to mothers during pregnancy and nursing as well as to the puppies.
* Mix increasing amounts of your pets new food with decreasing amounts of the old food over a 7-day period.
* Keep fresh water available at all times!
Feeding Guidelines
Growth
Weight of Dog = Growth less than 4 months = Growth 4 to 9 months = Growth 10 to 12 months
= (Pregnancy weeks 7 - 9) = (Pregnancy weeks 5 - 6) = (Pregnancy weeks 1 - 4)
2 lb (0 9 kg) = 1/2 cup (50 g) = 3/8 cup (35 g) = 1/3 cup (35 g)
5 lb (2 3 kg) = 1 cup (100 g) = 7/8 cup (85 g) = 2/3 cup (65 g)
8 lb (3 6 kg) = 1 1/2 cups (150 g) = 1 1/4 cups (125 g) = 1 cup (100 g)
10 lb (4 5 kg) = 1 3/4 cups (175 g) = 1 3/8 cups (135 g) = 1 1/8 cups (110 g)
20 lb (9 kg) = 3 cups (295 g) = 2 1/3 cups (230 g) = 2 cups (200 g)
40 lb (18 kg) = 4 3/4 cups (470 g) = 4 cups (395 g) = 3 1/4 cups (320 g)
60 lb (27 kg) = 6 2/3 cups (660 g) = 5 1/2 cups (545 g) = 4 1/3 cups (430 g)
80 lb (36 kg) = 8 1/4 cups (815 g) = 6 3/4 cups (670 g) = 5 1/2 cups (545 g)
100 lb (45 kg) = 9 2/3 cups (955 g) = 8 cups (790 g) = 6 1/2 cups (645 g)
120 lb (54 kg) = 11 cups (1090 g) = 9 1/4 cups (915 g) = 7 1/3 cups (725 g)
Ingredients
Ground Whole Grain Corn Chicken By-Product Meal Soybean Meal Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid) Dried Beet Pulp Chicken Liver Flavor Dicalcium Phosphate Brewers Rice Fish Oil Flaxseed Soybean Oil Iodized Salt Choline Chloride Potassium Chloride Vitamin E Supplement vitamins (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C) Vitamin E Supplement Niacin Thiamine Mononitrate Vitamin A Supplement Calcium Pantothenate Biotin Vitamin B12 Supplement Pyridoxine Hydrochloride Riboflavin Folic Acid Vitamin D3 Supplement) minerals (Ferrous Sulfate Zinc Oxide Copper Sulfate Manganous Oxide Calcium Iodate Sodium Selenite) preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid Beta-Carotene Rosemary Extract.
Average Nutrient Contents
Nutrient = Nutrient Guarantee % = As Fed % = Dry Matter % = As Fed Caloric Basis g/100 kcal
Protein = 25.5 min = 27.9 = 30.2 = 7.3
Fat = 16.5 min = 18.9 = 20.4 = 5.0
Carbohydrate (NFE) = 35.6 = 38.5 = 9.4
Crude Fiber = 3.0 max = 2.8 = 3.0 = 0.7
Nutrient = Nutrient Guarantee % = As Fed % = Dry Matter % = As Fed Caloric Basis mg/100 kcal3
Calcium = 1.00 min = 1.30 = 1.41 = 342
Phosphorus = 0.70 min = 1.10 = 1.19 = 289
Sodium = 0.45 = 0.49 = 118
Potassium = 0.70 = 0.76 = 184
Magnesium = 0.126 = 0.136 = 33