Senior Dog Food small & Toy
When your dog gets older, their needs change. VETERINARY HPM® responds to your mature small breed dog’s specific needs.
- For small breed dogs (<10kg) over 10 years old
- For miniature breed dogs (< 5kg) over 12 years old
- Limit the risk of excessive weight gain
- Limits tartar formation and good oral and dental health
- Maintains healthy renal function and urinary system
Available sizes:
- 1.5 kg
- 3 kg
- 7 kg
VETERINARY HPM™ is a new generation of dog food designed to be closer to the nutritional needs of carnivores. This new and unique range is based on a low carbohydrate-high protein formula. So it is much lower in starch and carbohydrates, and much higher in animal protein. The result is nutrition that is perfectly adapted to your dog’s needs.
Composition :
Dehydrated pork and poultry proteins, Rice (min. 4%), Hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins, Faba bean hulls, Lignocellulose, Peas, Animal fats, Potato starch (min. 4%), Minerals, Linseed, Beet pulp, Fish oil, Psyllium fibre (Plantago (L.) spp.), Fructooligosaccharides, Brewers yeast (source of betaglucan), Hydrolysed crustacean (source of chitosan), Lactobacillus acidophilus, Chondroitin sulphate.
VETERINARY HPM® does not contain any artificial colours or flavours.
Analytical constituents :
(% as fed)
| Analytical constituents (% as fed) |
|
|---|---|
| Moisture | 9 % |
| Protein | 32 % |
| Animal to vegetal protein ratio | 84/16 |
| Fat | 14 % |
| Minerals | 6,5 % |
| Crude Fibre | 9,5 % |
| NFE * | 29 % |
| Starch | 22 % |
| Calcium | 1,1 % |
| Phosphorus | 0,7 % |
| Sodium | 0,4 % |
| Omega-6 | 2,2 % |
| Omega-3 | 0,9 % |
| ME** calculated | 327 kcal/100g |
| ME** measured in vivo | 332 kcal/100g |
| * Nitrogen Free Extract: Carbohydrates ** Metabolisable energy |
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| Functional ingredients | |
|---|---|
| Bentonite | 5 g/kg |
| Killed Lactobacilli | 7 mg/kg |
| L-carnitine | 330 mg/kg |
| Pentasodium triphosphate | 0,35 % |
| Chondroitin sulfate | 430 mg/kg |
| Chitosan | 430 mg/kg |
| Vitamins and trace elements | |
|---|---|
| Vitamin A | 11 000 IU/kg |
| Vitamin D3 | 1 100 IU/kg |
| Vitamin E | 570 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B1 | 3,8 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B2 | 11 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B3 | 30 mg/kg |
| Vitamine B5 | 26 mg/kg |
| Vitamine B6 | 3 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B9 | 0,48 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0,062 mg/kg |
| Choline | 740 mg/kg |
| Taurine | 1 500 mg/kg |
| Copper | 15 mg/kg |
| Iron | 25 mg/kg |
| Iodin | 1,1 mg/kg |
| Zinc | 120 mg/kg |
It is advisable to follow the ration table and make fresh water available.
| Weight of the dog (kg) | Daily Ration (g/day)* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Little activity | Normal activity | Very active | |
| 1 | 40 | 45 | 45 |
| 2 | 60 | 70 | 75 |
| 3 | 80 | 90 | 100 |
| 4 | 95 | 110 | 120 |
| 5 | 115 | 125 | 140 |
| 6 | 130 | 140 | 155 |
| 7 | 140 | 155 | 175 |
| 8 | 155 | 170 | 190 |
| 9 | 165 | 185 | 205 |
| 10 | 180 | 200 | 220 |
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* These amounts are approximate and may vary depending on the breed of dog and activity levels. For further information, please consult your veterinary surgeon. |
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- Can I feed my puppy with a home-made diet?
The food that puppys receive throughout their first year must obviously provide energy and materials to build the skeleton, the muscles and all the new tissues. But nutrition doesn't stop there: it must also help puppys to develop a fully functioning nervous system and effective immune system. Any deficiency in essential nutrients (those who cannot be synthesized by the animal's body) during this very delicate period may affect the dog's future health.
Many recipes developed by veterinary nutritionists are available for owners who wish to prepare a nutritionally balanced home-made diet for their puppy. However, it is illusory to succeed in respecting all the required conditions because the nutritional balance of a household ration is subject to various hazards. The owner will always find it difficult to follow the recipe exactly, the necessary ingredients are not always available, and the nutritional composition of the ingredients can vary considerably depending on the origin of the product. When preparing a home-made diet, no laboratory analysis can verify the nutritional composition of the raw materials used!
Therefore, even when accompanied by the distribution of a mineral and vitamin supplement, home-made diets for dogs often show deficiencies in some essential nutrients.
- Can I feed my puppy with a vegetarian diet?
The dog is a carnivore, which means that certain nutrients he needs cannot be provided by a plant-based diet. Such diets can cause major nutritional deficiencies with serious consequences on health. For this reason, a puppy should never be fed a vegetarian diet.
- Can I feed my puppy with raw meat diets?
Raw meat diets (red meat or chicken) are often deficient in calcium and phosphorus. The Calcium/Phosphorus ratio is totally inappropriate for the canine species, especially in terms of bone growth. Such a diet can cause major nutritional deficiencies with serious consequences on health. For example, when fed exclusively a raw meat diet, the puppy is exposed to the risk of pathologic fractures following minor trauma.