{"id":33928,"date":"2024-03-22T15:24:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/nutrition-for-adult-and-senior-dogs\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:17:22","slug":"nutrition-for-adult-and-senior-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/nutrition-for-adult-and-senior-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition for adult and senior dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Proper nutrition is essential for a healthy adult or senior dog. It&#8217;s important to choose quality foods and adjust portions according to your dog&#8217;s needs. <\/b><b>Age and weight must be taken into account. <\/b><i>Ray<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Raising an adult or senior dog means making wise food choices. It&#8217;s important to take into account the dog&#8217;s size, breed and activity level. For a senior dog, a lower-calorie, easy-to-chew diet is recommended. The trick is to choose a balanced diet offering the right mix of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and essential minerals, while avoiding chocolate and onions.<br \/>\nAs for the amount of food to feed, this also depends on the dog&#8217;s age, weight, activity level and state of health. Although dog food packages often provide rationing guides, these recommendations must be adapted to your pet&#8217;s individual needs. As a general rule, we recommend feeding your dog twice a day, to maintain a balanced energy level throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tip<br \/>\n<\/b>It&#8217;s important to avoid feeding your dog just before or just after intense physical activity, to prevent the risk of stomach torsion.<\/p>\n<p><b>Did you know?<br \/>\n<\/b>Providing optimal nutrition for adult and senior dogs is essential to promote robust health, prevent disease and support increased longevity. This translates into a shiny coat and efficient digestion, which greatly improves his quality of life. In addition, a balanced diet plays a crucial role in maintaining appropriate energy levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proper nutrition is essential for a healthy adult or senior dog. It&#8217;s important to choose quality foods and adjust portions according to your dog&#8217;s needs. Age and weight must be taken into account. Ray Raising an adult or senior dog means making wise food choices. It&#8217;s important to take into account the dog&#8217;s size, breed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1775],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-animals"},"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}