*- Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profile. 

Meat and bone meal, brewers rice, ground yellow corn, animal fat preserved with mixed tocopherols (source of vitamin E), chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, ground wheat, fish meal, dried beet pulp, animal digest, malted barley flour, salt, potassium chloride, ground flaxseed, monocalcium phosphate, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, vitamin E supplement, zinc oxide, niacin, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement, riboflavin supplement (source of vitamin B2), cobalt carbonate, folic acid, sodium selenite.

Animal feeding tests using Association of American Feed Control Officials (A.A.F.C.O.) procedures substantiate that Hearty Performance Dog Food provides complete and balanced nutrition for all life stages of the dog.

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Hearty Performance Dog Food may be served moist or dry. Either way, it will provide your dog with complete, balanced nutrition. To serve moist, simply add one part warm water to four parts Hearty Performance. Stir until chunks become moistened. If fed moistened, do not serve more than what the dog will consume in a thirty-minute period to ensure product freshness.

A dog should be maintained in good body condition and not allowed to become overweight. The food intake required maintaining good body condition will vary depending on age, activity level, environment and other stress factors. Consequently, the food requirement for each dog will vary, and should be adjusted accordingly. Use the standard chart below as a guide. Pregnant, nursing and hardworking dogs or dogs exposed to cold weather may require 2-3 times these amounts.

When high activity or other factors require high feed intake, twice a day feeding is recommended. However, for most normally active dogs over one year old, once a day feeding is usually sufficient.

Puppies: Puppies begin to eat solid food at 3-4 weeks of age. Add warm water to soften the food and after 8 weeks, mix with water or feed dry. Feed puppies all the moistened Hearty Performance Dog Food they will consume at intervals throughout the day, or use the chart above as a guide and feed approximately twice as much as suggested. If fed moistened, do not serve more than what the puppies will consume in a thirty-minute period to ensure product freshness. If fed dry, food may be kept before the puppies at all times. The amount fed should be sufficient to maintain steady optimal growth and weight, but not so much as to stimulate excessive growth and/or weight gain at an early age. After one year, follow adult feeding instructions.

Pregnancy and Nursing: Hearty Performance Dog Food provides the extra nutrition needed by reproducing females in stages of gestation and lactation. Food consumption may vary during gestation, so feed the amount needed to maintain the pregnant female's good body condition. Food intake may double or triple during lactation.

For best results, supplements should not be added, except under the advice of a veterinarian.

Feeding Tip: Changes in your pet's diet should be made gradually. When changing over to Hearty Performance Dog Food, first substitute small amounts of Hearty Performance in place of your pet's current food. Then over the next week to 10 days, increase the amounts of Hearty Performance, while decreasing amounts of his other food, until your pet has 100% Hearty Performance.

Remember to provide plenty of fresh, clean water in a clean container at all times!

	40 LB (18.14 KG)
	Extruded
	04-4876

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