Holistic Croquettes Puppy Medium and Large are supplemented generously with glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate, declared in the ingredients list, which help maintain healthy working joints.

The Holistic Dog Puppy Small, Medium and Large Croquette line, supplemented with neutraceuticals such as thyme and sage that have a protective action on the intestines. In addition, the product contains citrus extracts that provide a source of vitamin C, helping to boost the immune system which is still fragile at this stage of a puppy’s life.

The changeover to adult food should be gradual; for small breed dogs this is around 9 months, for medium breeds around 12-15 months, while for large breed dogs this is around 15 to 18 months.

The recommending daily rations are a guide to help you as your puppy grows; so, the croquette portion of his diet should be gradually increased each month following the feeding tables. The recommended quantities should be used taking into account how much exercise your puppy gets and the seasons (summer or winter). On this basis, daily feeding portions may be 10-20% higher or lower compared to the recommended quantities. Careful observation by you, the owner, will be essential for establishing the daily ration that is suitable for your puppy.

For a 3-month old puppy weighing 10 Kg, the daily ration would be 300 gr. of Holistic Puppy Large croquettes as the main part of his diet mixed in with around 300-400 gr. of wet food choosing from Almo Nature Puppy chicken, Almo Nature tuna, Jelly Puppy tuna or Biopaté Puppy chicken. This daily ration should be divided into 3 meals served in the morning, halfway through the day and in the evening.

The growth phase in puppies in very delicate, during which bone and muscle are still developing and the immune system is still fragile.Consequently, it is essential to use foods of high quality right from the start, preventing, in this way, the onset of food intolerance. Puppies, after weaning (at 3 months), should be taught very gradually to get used to various foods of different origins and consistencies (dry/wet).

The Holistic Dog Puppy Small, Medium and Large Croquette line is a food formulated using premium quality ingredients, with a very high percentage of fresh meat and limited use of meals and sub-products. In addition, as it contains no chemical additives, this guarantees effective prevention against the onset of food intolerance, offering excellent digestibility and absorption of nutritional elements.

You can feed your puppy just croquettes but Almo Nature recommends mixing in a portion of wet food as a condiment to the dry croquettes right from the start. This will make your puppy’s meals more tasty and appetising, enhancing his physical and mental wellbeing.

It is not advisable to feed your puppy just wet foods as, during this important step in his development, he should be trained to chew his food and he will only learn this via a diet based on dry croquettes. In addition, a meal ration made up of food containing 70% moisture is decidedly high, above all, for medium and large breed dogs. For this reason, wet food should be used as a condiment and not as a main food.

Taking into account that dogs come in all breeds and sizes such as Small (adult weight up to 10 kg), Medium (adult weight from 11 to 25 kg) and Large (adult weight over 26 Kg), the croquette portions during this growth phase will vary and you should increase daily servings gradually according to your puppy’s age and the weight that he will be when adult (you will find this information in the feeding tables on the back of the pack). In addition, you can (and we recommend) feed your puppy meals made up of around 1/3 wet food to 2/3 dry food as described in the answers to the following FAQs.

Dogs because of their vicinity living with us have become omnivores. Having said this, however, meat and fish have a fundamental importance in a dog’s diet, in that once upon a time he was a carnivore and he still needs to vary his protein sources (white and red meat and fish).

According to Almo Nature, your dog’s diet should be made up of a maximum of 1/3 of wet food mixed in with 2/3 of dry.

Wet foods increase the taste-appeal of croquettes. In Almo Nature’s view, for dogs, as for us, eating satisfaction is very important psychologically.

The daily recommended ration of wet food, in weight, is a third of total food served. We would recommend using wet food from the Natural or Cuisine categories, or Taste products if they have been certified as “Organic”. During the summer months, we would advise using Jelly Dog, belonging to the Cuisine category, whose gelatine mixed in with croquettes provides greater moisture to your dog’s meal, making it particularly appetising. For example:

• for a dog weighing 10 kg that is moderately active, feed 120 gr. of Holistic Dog Small croquettes, adding in a 95 gr. tin of wet food.
• for a dog weighing 25 kg that is moderately active, use 250 gr. of Holistic Dog Medium croquettes, mixing in 150 gr. of wet food.
• for a dog weighing 40 kg that is moderately active, serve 420 gr. of Holistic Dog Large Croquettes and one 340 gr. tin of wet food.

Intolerance is a non immune reaction that develops more or less slowly over time and it is generally caused by using poor quality ingredients and chemical additives such as taste enhancers and preservatives.

In most cases this is not a true allergy but rather food intolerance due to the poor quality of the ingredients. Even in the case of an allergy, our chicken oil only contains fats and no chicken proteins and does not risk triggering allergic reactions. Allergies are triggered only by foods that contain certain proteins that characterise that food.

Foods in a daily maintenance diet should not cause or aggravate intolerances. Thanks to the quality of the ingredients we use and the total absence of chemical preservatives, Almo Nature’s lines do not need to include a specific food for intolerances … All our foods can be used!!! Try them when trying to treat symptoms and as a maintenance diet and you’ll really see an improvement!

It is important to choose a premium quality dry food, belonging to the Taste category, such as Holistic Dog, whose main ingredient is fresh meat that guarantees great digestibility of the protein content and does not contain chemicals irritating the intestines and causing intolerances.
In addition, because the intestines and the production of digestive enzymes have to adapt to new foods, you should replace a habitual food gradually, introducing the new food as 10% of the total daily ration. Dogs with sensitive digestive systems will need around ten days to get used to a new food and you will have to wait this time before assessing the results

It is important to choose a premium quality dry food, belonging to the Taste category, such as Holistic Dog, whose main ingredient is fresh meat that guarantees great digestibility of the protein content and does not contain chemicals irritating the intestines and causing intolerances.
In addition, because the intestines and the production of digestive enzymes have to adapt to new foods, you should replace a habitual food gradually, introducing the new food as 10% of the total daily ration. Dogs with sensitive digestive systems will need around ten days to get used to a new food and you will have to wait this time before assessing the results.

Our foods in the Holistic Dog line, belonging to the Basic category, all have a limited calorie content, because we have tried to satisfy the energy needs of dogs in an optimum way that, today, often get limited exercise. Depending on your dog’s constitution and body mass, the daily ration may be gradually reduced by 10-20% (compared to the average recommended ration) and, to reduce hunger pangs, use Almo Nature products from the Natural range together with croquettes that are ideal because they have no added fats. For example, for a small breed dog add a 95 gr. tin, for a medium breed, a 150 gr. can and for a large breed, a 340 gr. or 400 gr. can. In this way, weight gain can be checked without your dog knowing it and he will enjoy every morsel of his food!!!

Sterilisation is now very common in dogs and, taking into account that statistically it is associated with today’s sedentary lifestyle, many dogs are overweight. Almo Nature, in producing Holistic Dog, belonging to the Basic category, uses only polyunsaturated oils that are highly digestible and have a limited calorie content to tackle this new situation.

The best way to handle this problem is to reduce the daily food ration which, if reduced gradually by 10-20 % depending on the situation, means that undesirable weight gains can be prevented. As dietary experts advise, don’t do without, just reduce the size of the portions!!

As we have always recommended, and our advice holds even truer when reducing meal rations, add in a wet food which, with its high percentage of moisture and low percentage of fats will take away any hunger pangs.

In this case, you need to increase the ration of Holistic Dog by 10-20% depending on your need. You can increase your dog’s rations by a higher percentage if he undertakes particular muscular exercise requiring stamina and energy.
Feed a maintenance diet of croquettes and always add a wet food from the Almo Nature Dog (Natural) and/or Cuisine Dog (Cuisine) lines.

From the point of view of nutrition, apart from a few very rare exceptions, the differences between breeds is more cultural than scientific! Dogs have been living with us for over 20,000 years and their nutritional needs are simple: varied, tasty and premium quality foods. We need to understand our dog’s character – he is not just there to be fed and watered. No one better than an owner can see what his real needs are.
Almo Nature believes that food is not a question of breed but a dog’s lifestyle. Does your dog live in a city? Does he exercise? Does he live in a hot or cold climate? How much does he weigh? Just as an example a dog living in Moscow needs a more fat-rich diet if compared with a dog of the same breed living in Milan. Diet requirements can change for a same breed based on climatic as well as individual characteristics

The Holistic Dog line in the Basic category covers all these needs, in that its basic ingredients offer a guarantee that the product is hypoallergenic, while a high concentration of chondroprotective substances (Chondroitin sulphate and glucosamine), together with the antioxidant action provided by green tea extract and grape seed are an excellent support in situations where one or more associated disorders are to be found.

Seniors, just like us, want to maintain their old habits even when they are older and, given that a senior dog has a greater need for premium quality foods, it’s best that he gets used to eating Almo Nature from when he was a puppy. Almo Nature is for dogs what spaghetti is for us; an excellent dish for all ages; just reduce the portions and sauce!