Avoid Giving Milk Berlaktosa.

Milk is identical with the puppy. Many beginners who only give milk as a meal on its new puppies. Milk is nutrient-dense foods that are needed by puppies that have not been able to eat solid food eaten by adult dogs. But you know that not all of the milk can be digested by a dog?

Milk can not be digested by dogs is air-lactose milk such as cow's milk or its by-products. Lactose is a milk sugar which is one of the typical components in milk along with triglycerides (fat milk) and casein (milk protein).

The content of approximately 4.6% lactose in milk. To digest lactose, the lactose enzyme digestion should use one of the digestive enzymes that are produced by cells in the small intestine that breaks down milk sugar into a form that is easier to be absorbed into the body. Unfortunately, digestion owned by dogs can not produce this enzyme so it does not break down lactose, lactose granules will be left on the face of the hole and the small intestine absorbs water from its surroundings, causing diarrhea. There are times before exiting, he was stuck in the colon and is broken down by bacteria producing gas (CH4, CO2, H2). As a result, the stomach becomes bloated, stomach pain, until diarrhea.

There are some dogs digestion which eventually became immune to lactose. Dogs do not have diarrhea or flatulence. This does not mean good for a dog's digestive disorder that does not look so its function declines. Dogs can not digest and absorb nutrients and should be given the maximum amount of food that is more than it should. As a result, the dog will lose weight and malnutrition. 

So, whether feeding should be avoided? Each type of milk must contain lactose, but no milk containing lactose so it can be consumed by dogs. Air-lactose milk that can be consumed by dogs is milk protein alpha-S1 casein is low, milk from goats animals. Abroad, goat milk is being increased and promoted because it does not cause adverse side effects such as cow's milk. In Indonesia it would be more difficult to find goat's milk but not to worry because manufacturers already preparing animal feeding lactose-free milk for the dog so that you can give milk to your pet dog without causing your dog has diarrhea.

Unfortunately this product is very expensive because it is imported in small quantities. Another alternative is to provide infant formula milk, lactose-free human being with a more affordable price and more diverse options. Milk lactose-free formula is usually coded FL (lactose free) on the packaging.

Indeed, the nutrients contained in infant formula is not the same nutrients needed by the puppies but at least better than cow's milk protein alpha-S1 casein so high that it can cause diarrhea.

In addition to milk, lactose content is also widely used in products for human snacks such as biscuits, ready to eat cereal, cheese, margarine, and so forth need to be considered if you want to provide snacks for your dog. Safer if the snacks are made ​​specifically for dogs are manufactured by a leading manufacturer of pet food because although it contains milk, lactose content has been removed first so safe to be consumed by your dog.