Puppy and Dog Magnesium supplement Chart
3mg per lb. (Always dose low) Safe Dosage can be seen below.
Puppies can grow very fast. In the last few years, we have seen just how important a small magnesium supplement is for your puppy / dog. If you feed a raw diet your puppy and dog may be getting enough Magnesium. If you feed a dry kibble. You may want to supplement some magnesium to your dog’s food.
Break open a capsule and just sprinkle it on!
-------------Below is a brand at a good price point. You can find this on www.iherb.com ---------------
This brand and MG are easy to safely give to your growing puppy.
Each capsule contains 87.5 mg of Magnesium Glycinate. Which is a form that will not upset their tummy.
½ Capsule = 43.75mg.
How to Give your puppy:
When you get your puppy at 8 weeks old. You can pull open 1 capsule and give ½ the powder from inside the pill (sprinkle it onto your puppy’s food in the morning).
Once your puppy reaches 45lbs you can move up to 1 entire capsule (Open and sprinkle) onto your puppies’ food!
When your puppy reaches 60lbs you can then give 1 and ½ capsule daily!
It is important to remember that dogs fed a quality diet may be getting a good amount of magnesium in their diet.
Below are some great foods to add natural magnesium into your dog’s daily diet.
If you add these, there is no need to add the above supplement!
Fish – Mackerel
Fish - salmon
Fish - pollock
Organ meats - Liver
Organ meats - heart
Organ meats - kidney
This is very good for those fast growing & large breed puppies!