Making sure that your Beagle has a nutritional diet is incredibly important so that they have a long and healthy life. However, it can sometimes be tricky to know just how much food your dog needs and what is the best dog food to give them.
In this guide, we’ve laid out all the key facts and information about the ideal diet for your Beagle to help you keep on top of it.
The amount that your Beagle needs to eat on a daily basis depends on several factors. However, the easiest way to determine how much your dog needs is by considering the stage of life they’re in.
Beagle puppies need to be fed two cups of dry food each day, split across three meals for puppies younger than six months. Puppies older than six months only require two feedings per day. You can use free feeding for very young puppies.
Wet food tends to be higher in calories so they will need less of this in a day, and you should aim for your puppy to consume 55 calories per pound of body weight each day.
Once it’s an adult, you should feed your Beagle one cup of dry food a day or half a pouch of wet food split into two meals. An adult should ideally eat 45 calories per pound of body mass each day.
At nine years old, your Beagle is a senior, and senior dogs need slightly less than one cup of dry food a day split over two meals.
They should be eating 42 calories per half kilogram of body mass each day, and their food should be rich in essential fatty acids.
Usually, pregnant Beagles eat the same amount or less than regular adults until the pregnancy reaches four weeks.
At this stage, they will start eating around 30% more than usual, and you should make sure they’re eating high-energy food.
Manufactured food is by far the easiest type to give to your Beagle as it requires no preparation, and there are a lot of choices.
However, if your dog is a fussy eater, you may want to consider a raw food diet or cooking homemade food.
This will give you total control over what goes into your Beagle’s diet, but to reduce the risk of an upset stomach, you should still include some commercial food each day.
Here is some more Beagle-feeding advice:
You can give your Beagle treats during the day, but try to limit the number of treats your Beagle eats and make sure the treats you use are healthy.
All dogs are allergic to grapes and chocolate, but there are a few foods that the Beagle breed, in particular, reacts poorly to, such as avocados, onions and raisins.
Beagles don’t tend to be fussy eaters and generally have very good appetites. They usually like eating so much that they’re at risk of excessive weight gain if their diet isn’t properly monitored.
Your Beagle should have access to a constant supply of clean, fresh drinking water so that they can drink whenever they are thirsty. This is particularly important during the warmer months of the year.
At each stage of your Beagle’s life, having a diet that provides all the nutrients it needs is vital to keep it happy, healthy and full of energy.
Ultimately, the specific type of food that you give them will depend on you and your Beagle’s preferences, but whatever you feed them, make sure it’s packed with protein and nutrients.
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