Hill's Science Plan Puppy Medium Lamb & Rice Dog Food

Feeding Guide

These amounts are a starting point only because animals' needs vary. Adjust the feeding amount to maintain optimal body weight.

PUPPIES

Science PlanTMpuppy formulas should be fed from weaning until maturity at 1 year old. The daily amount required by individual puppies typically varies by ±16% (e.g. a 4 month old, 4kg puppy may require between 105 and 145 grams of these Science PlanTMPuppy Healthy DevelopmentTMdry formulas per day). Therefore these amounts should be adjusted to maintain optimal body weight, and fed as 2-4 meals per day (the number may decrease with age). A 370g can is equal to 125 grams of the dry food.

		2 MONTHS		3 MONTHS		4 MONTHS
Breed Type	Adult Body Weight kg	Actual Puppy Weight kg	Dry grams	Actual Puppy Weight kg	Dry grams	Actual Puppy Weight kg	Dry grams
Toy	1.5	0.45	30	0.7	40	0.9	40
	2	0.6	35	0.9	50	1.2	50
	3	0.9	50	1.4	70	1.8	70
	4	1.2	60	1.8	85	2.4	85
Small	5	1.5	75	2.3	100	3	100
	7.5	2.1	95	3.2	130	4.4	135
	10	2.5	105	4	150	5.5	160
Medium	15	3.5	140	5.8	200	8	215
	20	4.4	165	7.4	240	10.4	260
	25	5.3	190	9.1	280	12.7	300

		6 MONTHS		10 MONTHS
Breed Type	Adult Body Weight kg	Actual Puppy Weight kg	Dry grams	Actual Puppy Weight kg	Dry grams
Toy	1.5	1.2	50	1.5	50
	2	1.6	65	2	60
	3	2.4	85	3	80
	4	3.2	105	3.9	100
Small	5	4	125	4.7	115
	7.5	5.9	170	7.1	155
	10	7.5	205	8.9	185
Medium	15	10.9	270	13.5	255
	20	14	325	17.7	310
	25	17.1	380	21.3	355

PREGNANCY

The amounts of these Science PlanTM Puppy formulas to feed to pregnant bitches depends upon the stage of pregnancy. Often pregnancy is not recognised until the 4th or 5th week.

LACTATION

Lactating bitches should be fed unrestricted amounts of Science Plan TMPuppy or Science Plan Puppy Healthy Development Puppy Healthy Development Mini (i.e. fed ad libitum) until weaning is completed.

	WEEKS 1 - 4	WEEKS 5 - 6	WEEKS 7 - 9
Body Weight kg	Dry grams	Dry grams	Dry grams
2.5	70	90	105
5	120	150	180
10	200	250	305
15	275	340	410
20	340	425	510
30	460	575	690
40	570	715	855
50	675	840	1010
60 +	10 - 14 per kg	13 - 17 per kg	16 - 21 per kg

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Ingredients

Maize, lamb meal, animal fat, maize gluten meal, soybean meal, brewers' rice, digest, dried beet pulp, minerals, fish oil, flaxseed.

Protein 27.1%, Fat content 18.7%, Crude fibre 2.1%, DHA 0.16%, Crude ash 7.6%, Calcium 1.4%, Phosphorus 1.0%, Sodium 0.49%, Potassium 0.75%, Magnesium 0.12%; per kg: Vitamin A 10,334IU, Vitamin D3 759IU, Vitamin E 600mg, Vitamin C 100mg, Beta-carotene 1.5mg.

Additional information

• During the last half of lactation, puppies can be weaned on to the same Science Plan™ Puppy food that is being fed to the bitch, which simplifies the weaning process.
• Science Plan™ Puppy Healthy Development™ formulas are enriched with a high level of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), an essential structural component of the brain which occurs naturally in mothers' milk. All Science Plan™ Puppy Healthy Development™ formulas (other than Large Breed) can be fed to pregnant and lactating bitches and will provide puppies with a high level of DHA before weaning. When the appropriate Science Plan™ Puppy formula is also fed to puppies after weaning, additional DHA is supplied throughout the critical formation and development of brain and eyes.

Other products to consider

Wet: SP Puppy Healthy Development Savoury Chicken

Recommended for

Large breed puppies (over 25kg when adult) up to 1 year old.