If your dog is pregnant or has recently given birth, it’s important that both she and her puppies have the right nutritional support to ensure continued health for the mother, and the best start possible for her puppies. ROYAL CANIN Giant Starter Mother & Baby dog contains all the nutrients your dog needs to support them during pregnancy and throughout the lactation period. Containing a high protein, energy, and mineral content, this food caters to the dietary requirements of both the mother and her pups. The Products Start Complex’ feature is the result of committed scientific research by ROYAL CANIN. It’s an exclusive combination of nutritional elements which are present in the mother’s milk. Reinforced with special nutrients, Start Complex actively contributes to supporting your puppies’ digestive health and natural defences while they’re still in the early stages of development. ROYAL CANIN Starter Mother & Baby dog is also available as an ultra soft moose, offering a high level of palatability with the same nutritional support and digestibility.

Features:

• Start complex / natural defences – digestive health:The fruit of ongoing science from Royal Canin, start complex is an exclusive combination of nutritional elements which are present in mother’s milk, reinforced with specific nutrients which actively contribute to supporting the puppy’s digestive health and natural defences.
• Gestation / lactation support:Nutritional profile which is adapted to the bitch’s high energy needs at the end of gestation and during lactation.
• Easy rehydration :Easy to rehydrate to a porridge-like consistency which is very palatable for the bitch and weaning puppies and facilitates the transition from mother’s milk to solid food.

Ingredients:Complete feed for dogs -For the giant breed bitch (> 45 kg) and her puppies: bitch at the end of gestation and during lactation – Weaning puppies up to 2 months old.

Composition:Rice, dehydrated poultry protein, animal fats, vegetable protein isolate*, hydrolysed animal proteins, maize, beet pulp, minerals, soya oil, vegetable fibres, fish oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), fatty acid salt, yeast extracts (source of betaglucans), marigold extract (source of lutein).

Additives (per kg): Nutritional additives: Vitamin A: 19000IU, Vitamin D3: 1200IU, E1 (Iron): 42mg, E2 (Iodine): 4.2mg, E4 (Copper): 13mg, E5 (Manganese): 55mg, E6 (Zinc): 134mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.07mg- Technological additives: Clinoptilo-lite of sedimentary origin: 10g- Preservatives- Antioxidants.

Analytical constituents: Protein: 30%- Fat content: 22%- Crude ash: 7.9%- Crude fibres: 1.9%.

Feeding instructions:See table. Batch number, factory registration number and best before date: see information on packaging. To be stored in a cool, dry place.

AGE (WEEKS) ADULT WEIGHT 45 kg – 60 kg – 80 kg – 90 kg – 100 kg – 0-2 weeks Baby Dog Milk Baby Dog Milk Baby Dog Milk Baby Dog Milk Baby Dog Milk 2-3 weeks 30 g 3/8 cups 30 g 3/8 cups 30 g 3/8 cups 50 g 5/8 cups 50 g 5/8 cups 3-4 weeks 110 g 1+2/8 cups 130 g 1+4/8 cups 160 g 1+7/8 cups 200g 2+3/8 cups 200 g 2+3/8 cups 4-5 weeks 170 g 2 cups 195 g 2+2/8 cups 220 g 2+4/8 cups 240 g 2+6/8 cups 240 g 2+6/8 cups 5-6 weeks 190 g 2+2/8 cups 220 g 2+4/8 cups 250 g 2+7/8 cups 280 g 3+2/8 cups 280 g 3+2/8 cups 6-7 weeks 245 g 2+7/8 cups 275 g 3+1/8 cups 300 g 3+4/8 cups 400 g 4+5/8 cups 400 g 4+5/8 cups 7-8 weeks 320 g 3+6/8 cups 360 g 4+1/8 cups 400 g 4+5/8 cups 480 g 5+4/8 cups 480 g 5+4/8 cups Gestating bitch – – – – – – – – – – Gestation (weeks) Adult weight – – – – – – – – 45 kg – 55 kg – 65 kg – 85 kg – 100 kg – 6 weeks 503 g 5+7/8 cups 584 g 6+6/8 cups 662 g 7+5/8 cups 810 g 9+3/8 cups 915 g 10+5/8 cups 7 weeks 548 g 6+3/8 cups 637 g 7+3/8 cups 722 g 8+3/8 cups 883 g 10+2/8 cups 998 g 11+4/8 cups 8 weeks 594 g 6+7/8 cups 690 g 8 cups 783 g 9+1/8 cups 957 g 11+1/8 cups 1081 g 12+4/8 cups 9 weeks 640 g 7+3/8 cups 744 g 8+5/8 cups 843 g 9+6/8 cups 1031 g 11+7/8 cups 1164 g 13+4/8 cups 1 cup = 240 ml = 86 g – – – – – – – – – –