| When your Maltese puppy comes home, you will have | | | | within a brand. There are numerous dry foods called |
| to plan on the kind of food to use. Again, you will be | | | | "kibble" that contain protein and about 40% |
| confronted with almost as many choices as you have | | | | carbohydrates. The lined bags for these kibble type |
| when buying cereal and almost as many televised | | | | nuggets of food keep in the fat coating of the dry |
| commercials for "the best food" for your growing dog. | | | | food. Also, there are foods that could be called |
| However, you will need to conduct a bit of research | | | | "semi-moist" or "semi-dry" if you will. You have |
| prior to the brand of food decision. It's typical of the | | | | probably seen these in the store where they are |
| Maltese breed to come with some digestive sensitivity. | | | | found packaged in "pouches" with a certain number of |
| Therefore, you may need to exercise caution when | | | | pouches included in each box. However, with these |
| choosing the food. Even though there may be some | | | | foods, make certain there is no artificial coloring in the |
| differences between food for the puppy and food for | | | | food. Then, of course, there are canned dog foods |
| the adult dog, the Maltese still needs the proper | | | | and frozen dog foods. Now, as you peruse the |
| balanced diet. | | | | canned varieties, you will find several subcategories. |
| When looking into food brands, you may want to do | | | | You will see ones that are "stew," ones that are |
| some investigation about what ingredients are | | | | "ration," ones that are "all animal tissue," and ones that |
| necessary for appropriate dog food. You can do your | | | | are "chunk." Most pet stores and super markets sell |
| own research, but you may also want to discuss this | | | | these canned varieties. |
| with your veterinarian. In addition you will want to know | | | | When you consider "frozen" dog food, you need to |
| about the specific stomach issues presented by the | | | | know that these foods contain nothing to "extend" |
| Maltese breed. Your Veterinarian should have lots of | | | | them. They are only defrosted when you feed the |
| information about the type of food to feed your | | | | dog and the doggie leftovers cannot be kept in your |
| Maltese. They can also prescribe prescription food for | | | | plastic food containers because of the possibility of |
| sensitive stomachs or skin irritations. The choices may | | | | growth of poisonous bacteria that can harm your |
| include brands and also the various forms of food | | | | Maltese. As you might have guessed, it can be quite |
| available in a specific brand. Also, the type of food you | | | | expensive to feed a Maltese given their limited diet. If |
| choose also affects the dog's coat and skin. Type of | | | | you do your preliminary groundwork, you should be |
| food can help keep the hair healthy and reduce the | | | | able to make appropriate food choices. And if you're |
| amount of shedding as well as scratching. | | | | lucky, you might get a Maltese who doesn't have any |
| You will not be restricted to only one brand of food for | | | | food allergies, making feeding easy. |
| your Maltese, but there may be some restrictions | | | | |