Pregnancy Nutrition

Maintaining optimum canine health during pregnancy and lactation serves a twofold purpose: it keeps the mother in good condition and able to recover from the stress of pregnancy and birth, while also ensuring that her litter of puppies are as healthy as they possibly can be. Large, robust puppies are better able to develop and live healthy lives post-weaning. The team at Canine Performance Nutrition understands what it takes to provide top nutrition to mother and puppy alike, with a combination of our Vertex® and Structure performance dog supplements. 

Any parent knows that pregnancy, childbirth and lactation are extremely taxing on a mother. The same is true for dogs. A canine mother needs to take in nutritious food in order to be able to bring healthy puppies to term. She also needs to build up her milk reserves so that she can offer her puppies the vital nutrients they need, directly after birth. Vertex® offers the boost that mother dogs need, and anecdotal evidence would suggest that our formula can help pregnant and lactating females to double milk production while also increasing pup health at birth. Our (human) food grade formulas enable your brood females to produce the finest litters of puppies possible while also retaining their own vigor and health. And prior to pregnancy, Vertex® can also be used to improve your dog’s fertility.

All in all, it’s a known fact that canine supplements play a central role in a dog’s current and future success. That is especially true for brood females and their pups. Vertex® dog supplements deliver an impressive protein and amino acid profile of predigested liver, whey, and egg to aid in overall health and nutrition, right at the source. 

To help puppies have the best chance at a long and healthy life, we also recommend our Structure formula. This canine performance supplement is administered along with some of the first meals after weaning. Mother’s milk is the best food for puppies, no one would argue that point. However, due to various constraints, including increasingly larger litters, today's domestic dogs cannot nurse their young for as long as they would have in the past. The best way to make sure that your puppies are receiving the nutrition they need post-weaning is to include a supplement like Structure which has been specially formulated with rich but digestible protein, fat, and other key nutrients that will aid in proper growth and development of connective tissue, muscle, and the immune system. This premium blend consists of (human) food grade milk and egg proteins, probiotics, digestive enzymes, Vitamins C, E, and more. 

Many canine supplement blends contain egg, but processing sets ours apart. We ensure that any potential pathogens are killed while still preserving the egg’s essential nutrients and preventing protein denaturing. We go the extra mile so that the ingredients we list on our labels don’t simply check a box, but are of the very highest quality and are easily bioavailable to grown dogs and puppies alike. 

Our Structure formula offers puppies the kind of nutrition that nature intended. Set them up for life by using this powerful blend of nutrients in their first meals post-weaning. To start on your journey with the best canine supplements around, contact us or find a distributor near you. Please reach out with any questions–we love to talk shop with other breeders! The Canine Performance Nutrition team is ready to help you get your canine crew set up for success.