Small Starter Mother And Babydog Dry Dog Food
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SMALL Starter is designed for small breed mothers from the end of gestation (3rd trimester) and during lactation and young puppies up to 2 months.<br><br> As a result of increased demand, you may experience difficulty purchasing certain products in the coming months. If you need an alternative diet recommendation or help locating a product, please contact our Nutritional Advisors at 800-592-6687 or via <a href="https://www.royalcanin.com/us/contact-us">Live Chat</a>
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Nutritional profile specifically adapted for the bitch’s high energy needs at the end of gestation and during lactation.
Nutritional response helps to facilitate the transition from mother’s milk to solid food.
Kibbles easily rehydrate to a porridge-like consistency that is very palatable for both the bitch and her weaning puppies.
Developed from scientific research, Royal Canin's START COMPLEX is a combination of nutritional elements present in mother’s milk that actively promote digestive health and help maintain the puppy’s natural defenses.
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Royal Canin’s Starter formulas are a unique nutritional solution that meets the needs of the mother and her puppies during the first 5 stages of life: gestation, birth, lactation, weaning and growth up to 2 months.
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Chicken by-product meal, brewers rice, chicken fat, corn, wheat gluten, dried plain beet pulp, natural flavors, fish oil, monocalcium phosphate, vegetable oil, sodium silico aluminate, potassium chloride, salt, fructooligosaccharides, hydrolyzed yeast (source of betaglucans), L-lysine, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, niacin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid], choline chloride, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), trace minerals [zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], DL-methionine, taurine, L-tyrosine, N-butyric acid, L-carnitine, carotene, rosemary extract, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid.
Calorie Content
This diet contains 3995 kilocalories of metabolizable energy (ME) per kilogram or 364 kilocalories ME per cup on an as fed basis (calculated).
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Nutrient Amount Crude Protein (min) 28.0% Crude Fat (min) 20.0% Crude Fiber (max) 3.4% Moisture (max) 10.0%. -
For the Puppy
Adult Target Weight Before 2 weeks 2-3 Weeks 3-4 weeks 4-5 weeks 5-6 weeks 6-7 weeks 7-8 weeks 2 lb (1 kg) Mother’s Milk 1/8 cup (10 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 1/2 cup (40 g) 1/2 cup (50 g) 4 lb (2 kg) 1/8 cup (10 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 1/2 cup (40 g) 1/2 cup (50 g) 7 lb (3 kg) 1/8 cup (10 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 1/2 cup (40 g) 1/2 cup (50 g) 9 lb (4 kg) 1/8 cup (10 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 5/8 cup (60 g) 7/8 cup (80 g) 1 cup (95 g) 11 lb (5 kg) 1/8 cup (10 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 5/8 cup (60 g) 7/8 cup (80 g) 1 cup (95 g) 15 lb (7 kg) 1/8 cup (10 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 1 cup (90 g) 1 3/8 cups (120 g) 1 5/8 cups (145 g) 22 lb (10 kg) 1/8 cup (10 g) 3/8 cup (30 g) 1 cup (90 g) 1 3/8 cups (120 g) 1 5/8 cups (145 g)
For the Mother
Dog Weight Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Lactating 2 lb (1 kg) 3/8 cup (34 g) 3/8 cup (38 g) 1/2 cup (41 g) 1/2 cup (44 g) Feed Ad libitum 4 lb (2 kg) 5/8 cup (57 g) 5/8 cup (62 g) 3/4 cup (67 g) 3/4 cup (73 g) 7 lb (3 kg) 7/8 cup (77 g) 7/8 cup (84 g) 1 cup (91 g) 1 1/8 cups (98 g) 9 lb (4 kg) 1 cup (95 g) 1 1/8 cups (103 g) 1 1/4 cups (112 g) 1 3/8 cups (120 g) 11 lb (5 kg) 1 1/4 cups (111 g) 1 3/8 cups (121 g) 1 1/2 cups (132 g) 1 1/2 cups (142 g) 15 lb (7 kg) 1 5/8 cups (142 g) 1 3/4 cups (155 g) 1 7/8 cups (168 g) 2 cups (181 g) 22 lb (10 kg) 2 cups (185 g) 2 1/4 cups (201 g) 2 3/8 cups (218 g) 2 5/8 cups (235 g)
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Customer reviews
Siberian mom
07 May 2017Excellent food
I am a breeder mama and babies love it I start them on the starter mousse and then change them to the hard kibble
Sanders Sweet Cavaliers
04 May 2017Healthy puppies
I've been using mini starter for mother and her babies for 3 years now. All my puppies are healthy. They love the flavor. I like the fact that it can be served wet or dry. I highly recommend it to other breeders.
Cathi 1
04 May 2017
I love the starter. Helps my puppies start eating along with the mother.
Carrie Ann
03 May 2017Great dog food for mothers & puppies
Been buying this product 3 yrs., having heathly puppies now, litters are all born alive, great breeding program they offer, telling all my friends about this program
4m pups
03 May 2017Love this.. healthy mom's and puppies
I use this food and have for several years, send my puppies home on it and with it.. The owners I have of the new pups continue this great food.. and I have had 0 problems.
Raelsmith
02 May 2017Smallest kibble for tiny puppies!
I love mini starter and so do my Yorkie babies. They wean very well onto solid food with it and it doesn't gag them like bigger kibble.
Ski4455
02 May 2017jojozorro
10 Apr 2017Excellent starter food for puppies.
My female yorkie bounces back very rapidly to her prepregnancy state that it is truly amazing. The pups also grow much quicker and are very healthy with this food.
Definately recomment this to anyone with small dogs who are being bred.
Himey
19 Jan 2017Best ingredients! They only put in the good stuff.
I am raising my pomskie puppies on it.I will not give them anything other than Rpyal Canin
AmandaLalagos
27 May 2016The BEST starter food for a puppy!
So I ended up having to pick my Yorkie/Maltese (Morkie) female puppy up almost 2 weeks early, so she was about 6 1/2 weeks old. She was already super small because of her breed but also due to her age. I had bought IAMS Smart Puppy since that's what the breeder told me she was feeding them, but the bites were HUGE and Lucy (our puppy) barely had one tooth let a lone a whole mouth full! So I went to Pets Mart and told them my issues and they were kind enough to point me in the direction of Royal Canin Mini Starter. Lucy began eating right away. She was eating the wet food mouse formula mini starter for a good month and we began offering her the dry form alone throughout the day and we noticed she loved it! She also loves that it's mixed in with her wet food for her regular meals throughout the day. They are small triangular shape but easy enough for her to chew.
She is now 4 months old & we are beginning to transition her to the Xsmall puppy formulas which has the same triangular shaped kibble but a little bigger. So far so good!