Other Considerations
Puppy Cage With padded bottom and a blanket or bed; for crate
training and limited, proper confinement. Large enough for your
growing puppy – the puppy must be able to stand up in the crate
and turn around. Your puppy must be able to see out of the crate on
all sides.
Toys Look for fun, challenging and safe toys. Dogs should have
several toys and they should be challenged with playtime that
includes your participation.
Neutering or spaying should also be anticipated. Discuss with
your vet.
Worm Free It is best to worm your puppy every two weeks until the
age of 12 weeks. Thereafter you can worm them every three months.
Do ask your Nutritional Advisor to supply the wormers. Check
beforehand with the breeder you purchased your puppy from so
you know when to next worm them. Many worming treatments
numb the lining of the stomach, making digestion difficult, so a
good tip is not to worm at meal times. Once you have wormed your
puppy don’t feed them for at least 4 hours.
Puppy Vaccinations All puppies need vaccinating against well
known diseases at approximately 8-9 weeks, followed by a 2nd
injection at around 12 weeks, depending on the advice given by the
vet. Again always check with the breeder in case they have already
had their first set. Please do make sure that they have completed
their vaccination course before going into public places or meeting
other dogs.
Feeding Guide Trophy Premium
or Lifestyle Puppy Food
• Divide the recommended daily feed amount into 4 meals per
day for young puppies and 2 or 3 meals a day for older
puppies. By feeding little and often the digestive system
works efficiently with fewer upsets. This in turn provides a
more even blood sugar level which can improve your
puppies behaviour resulting in less stress and less
hyperactivity.
• For deep chested, large and giant breeds, feed from a raised bowl.
• Suitable for large, giant, medium & small breeds.
• As our foods are made from natural ingredients the density
of the product can vary from batch to batch. It is therefore
recommended that you check the amount fed with each
new bag.
• Trophy offers a FREE dog weighing service, so you can
monitor your puppy’s weight and progress.
• Remember a complete diet looks less as it is concentrated;
do not be tempted to overfeed!
• Introduce Trophy Puppy food (premium or lifestyle) gradually
over a 5-7 day period. The food should be fed in a controlled
daily quantity over several small meals in accordance with the
feeding guide below.
• The feeding guide is a starting point only and can (and
must) be adjusted as required. In general your puppies overall
appearance should govern the amount fed. Please remember
that all pets are individuals and their feeding requirements
will vary with age, lifestyle etc. The exact feeding amount for
your puppy will depend on many factors including age, breed,
weight, sex, activity level, temperament, the weather and
overall health.
• Leave down for 10 – 15 minutes, during which time the puppy
is allowed to eat freely.
• Always ensure clean, fresh drinking water is available and
taken by your puppy.
Trophy Lifestyle Puppy:
Expected Adult
Weight of Dog
6-8 Weeks
Grams / Day
8-12 Weeks
Grams / Day
3-5 Months
Grams / Day
5-8 Months
Grams / Day
Example Breed
Up to 5 kg
up to 75
up to 90
up to 120
up to 150
Yorkie, Chihuahua
5-10 kg
70-90
95-125
130-180
Trophy Junior Food
Jack Russell, Dachshund
10-15 kg
80-100
120-160
170-220
Trophy Junior Food
Cocker Spaniel, Westie
15-20 kg
110-130
140-200
200-270
Trophy Junior Food
Collie
20-25 kg
140-175
160-210
270-320
Trophy Junior Food
Springer Spaniel, Boxer
25-35 kg
180-200
190-260
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
Labrador, Doberman
35-45 kg
210-240
220-310
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
German Shpherd, Akita
45-55 kg
250-290
290-360
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
Bull Mastiff, Rottweiler
55-70 kg
310-375
360-470
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
Great Dane, Swis Mountain
70 kg+
390+
480+
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
Mastiff, St. Bernard
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We know that we can offer an unrivalled service for you the pet owner
and your dog, with premium foods that are superior in quality and
nutrition than many of the well known brands. However you will also be
pleased to read that:
•
5-10 kg
55-70
85-115
120-170
Trophy Junior Food
Jack Russell, Dachshund
Our fully trained team of Local Nutritional Advisors/
Franchisees will help you choose the right food for your dog.
They will offer you free samples or a taste test trial so your dog
can try the food, before you buy.
They will provide a free delivery service.
Your Trophy Nutritional Advisor/Franchisee will always be on hand to
ensure you and your dog remain happy with the food.
As a Trophy customer you have access to a dedicated customer
service hotline for nutritional advice. Manned by experts at head
office and backed up by veterinary support.
Your Trophy Nutritional Advisor/Franchisee can also offer you a
whole range of accessories, pet care items, toys, treats and home
comfort products for your dog.
We produce an interesting and informative Trophy Seasonal
Newsletter, full of ideas for pet care including seasonal offers for
all Trophy Customers. Ask your local Trophy Nutritional Advisor/
Franchisee for a complimentary copy.
Once you have finished with this leaflet we would love you to
recycle it by passing on to another pet owner you know who may
also be interested in our products and services.
10-15 kg
70-90
110-150
160-200
Trophy Junior Food
Cocker Spaniel, Westie
Thank you.
15-20 kg
100-120
130-190
190-260
Trophy Junior Food
Collie
20-25 kg
130-150
150-200
250-300
Trophy Junior Food
Springer Spaniel, Boxer
25-35 kg
160-175
180-250
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
Labrador, Doberman
35-45 kg
180-200
200-300
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
German Shpherd, Akita
45-55 kg
210-250
280-350
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
Bull Mastiff, Rottweiler
55-70 kg
300-350
350-450
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
Great Dane, Swis Mountain
70 kg+
380+
450+
Trophy Junior Food
Trophy Junior Food
Mastiff, St. Bernard
Trophy Premium Puppy:
All the above figures give the amount in grams, which make up the total weight of feed per day.
This amount should be split into the recommended number of feeds per day.
6-8 Weeks
Grams / Day
8-12 Weeks
Grams / Day
3-5 Months
Grams / Day
5-8 Months
Grams / Day
Example Breed
Up to 5 kg
up to 60
up to 80
up to 110
up to 130
Yorkie, Chihuahua
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•
•
Trophy Premium Puppy. Composition: Chicken Meal, Rice, Oats,
Chicken Fat, Prairie Meal, Barley, Chicken Liver, Alfalfa, Beet Pulp, Yeast,
Salmon Oil, Salt, Seaweed, Mannan Oligosaccharides, Milk Thistle,
Green Lipped Mussel, Yucca, Blackcurrant, Kale, Beetroot, Rosemary.
Trophy Lifestyle Puppy. Composition: Chicken Meal (min. 30%),
Wheat, Maize, Chicken Fat, Rice, Prairie Meal, Beet Pulp, Yeast,
Salt, Yucca.
Expected Adult
Weight of Dog
•
•
•
•
Trophy Premium Puppy
can also be fed to expecting
and nursing bitches.
Trophy Advice &
Feeding Guide
Puppy and Junior
For your Free Trophy Taste Test and/or Free Samples please contact your
Local Nutritional Advisor
Superior Nutrition
for Lifelong Health &
Well-Being for your best friend
Your local Trophy Nutritional Advisor:
Ask your nutritional
advisor for a pamphlet
on this subject.
Free Home Delivery - For you
All the above figures give the amount in grams, which make up the total weight of feed per day.
This amount should be split into the recommended number of feeds per day.
Trophy Pet Foods
are Not Tested
On Animals –
Guaranteed
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MADE
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Welcome
With over 16 years experience of manufacturing our very own quality
dog foods Trophy Pet Food understands fully that your dog is very
much part of your family, especially a new puppy. We are not a giant
commercial supplier of pet food; instead we produce consistent
premium foods of uncompromising quality. We specially select the
best ingredients available; in the main sourced here in the UK, ensuring
that they are nutritious, wholesome and palatable. We then deliver
these foods to your home via our local nutritional advisors/franchisees
or our on-line ordering service.
Our Trophy nutritional advisors are self-employed mobile franchisees,
who run their own Trophy business. They are fully trained in pet
nutrition. We have found that franchising delivers a better service for
you and a better way of life for our franchisees. If you would like to join
them please contact us.
Puppies
Cute, magical, full of energy who then grow up so quickly. Therefore a
good, sound start helps to set the tone for the rest of their lives.
They will probably arrive with sound advice from a responsible
breeder or rescue centre, which, when combined with tips from
wellmeaning friends, guidance from a vet and your own research
may make the whole process of raising and feeding your puppy seem
highly complicated. We can assure you it’s not!
Puppies require a lot of time and attention. They need you to care
for them, love them, spend time with them, teach them and just be
their best friend. Puppies need to be with their new family inside and
outside the house. Training helps puppies learn how to behave in both
these environments.
Here at Trophy we aim to provide you with simple, practical advice by
offering a dedicated personal service. We are never far away and
delivery is just a phone call or email away. There is no need to run
out of food; we will establish regular contact to ensure that you
receive your next bag on time, alongside any advice needed; this in
turn will ensure that your puppy remains in peak condition.
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Feeding Your Puppy
• Try to find a quiet area to feed your puppy, away from
interruptions or distractions.
Puppies grow at a vast rate and so require
a special puppy diet to aid their physical
& mental development. Every puppy is an
individual and to follow a strict feeding
regime may not always work.
When combined with your own observations
and the following guidelines establishing
a good regime that suits your puppy will
become clearer.
• Ensure that you wash your puppies’ food bowl on a regular
basis. With a complete food the bowl will always look clean
and it is very easy to pour in the next meal without picking up
and cleaning the bowl. Bacteria will build up in the oils left
on the bowl and this can cause diarrhoea, stomach upsets and
a rancid smell, which we may not notice, but the puppy will
and it will stop them eating the food.
• Trophy puppy foods should be fed at evenly spaced intervals to
avoid over stretching their very small stomachs.
• Feed your puppy four meals a day up until the age of 12 weeks,
and then reduce its feed to three meals a day until it is about six
months old. From 6 months you can change to two meals a
day, and keep it on this regime for the rest of its life.
• It is good for your puppy to see you as the provider of food. It is
all too easy to overfeed a puppy and better not to leave the
food down too long. Puppies have growth and appetite spurts
so some days they will be hungrier than others. Allowing your
puppy to graze gives them the go ahead to become ‘top dog’
which will cause problems as they get older.
• Our puppy foods can be fed dry or you can moisten the food
with a little warm water. The nuggets have been designed
to be very easy to crunch, which is ideal for young puppies
with developing teeth. The kibbles also have a large surface
area to help with digestion. Feeding the food dry is important
for the long term health of teeth and gums, so as soon as
possible do feed the food dry.
Toilet Training
• As every puppy is different feeding amounts must be adjusted
to meet their individual need. This will vary according to their
breed, age, condition, sex, activity level, weight and even the
weather.
• The feeding rates shown are a guide /starting point only and
must be adjusted to suit. Remember every puppy is different.
Should your puppy’s motions become loose, firstly cut back on
the amount fed.
• Please remember that stability in the diet will help maintain
good digestion.
• If you are at all unsure on the amount to give please do discuss
with your Local Nutritional advisor, they can advise you of the
most suitable rate to feed. Do note that feeding rates will
change, up or down, as your puppy grows.
•
Aim not to feed your puppy immediately before or after exercise.
Treats / Rewards
• Treats are a good way to reward
your puppy during training and
encourage the behaviour you
want. There are a wide variety
of prepared and natural treats
on the market which vary
hugely in quality. Some
commercial treats have lots of
sugar, colourings, milk products
and fat in them. Even ‘doggy drops’
or ‘low fat yoghurt drops’ can
contain sugars or lactose (milk
sugar) so always check the
ingredients label. Your local Trophy
nutritional advisor can supply very
suitable ones for you.
• Good quality prepared treats have been developed with dogs
dietary needs in mind and will not undermine the main diet,
providing they are not given in large quantities.
• Make sure that water is always available to your puppy. Never
give them cow’s milk as dogs find the lactose in milk hard to
digest.
• Puppies develop incredibly fast and once they have found their
feet won’t sit down for long! A normal energetic puppy can
burn 2-3 times more energy per kg of body weight than an
adult dog.
Use the feeding guide as a starting point, but be aware that it is more
than likely you will need to adjust these amounts (up or down) to suit
the individual puppy.
Puppies are naturally clean animals and with patience will learn to
relieve themselves outside. “Accidents” inside are inevitable, no
eight-week-old animal can go more than a few hours without
relieving itself. As soon as you get the puppy encourage regular
visits to the garden. Stay with it and as soon as it relieves itself be
very generous with your praise. With a little patience the puppy will
soon learn what is expected. Puppies will usually relieve themselves
first thing in the morning, after each meal and last thing at night.
Whenever the puppy shows signs of squatting pick it up, take it
outside and stay with it until it performs its task. Then praise it
LAVISHLY.
Feeding a consistent, specially prepared premium puppy food will
help with the training regime and make toilet training much easier.
If your puppy produces soft stools in the form of diarrhoea the most
likely problem is overfeeding, therefore cut back on the amount fed.
Imagine the size of the stomach; now look at the amount of food in
the bowl… Remember: Puppies have high energy requirements but
small stomachs - feed small meals frequently throughout the day.
• All treats should be given sparingly, never more than 10% of
the total calorie intake. If used regularly reduce the amount of
main meal food your puppy is receiving in order to avoid
obesity. Again, most owners overfeed their puppies with treats
as well as their food. Overfeeding with both will have a
devastating effect and will cause diarrhoea and digestive issues.
• Avoid giving your puppy any sweet biscuits or sugary treats
which are bad for its teeth as well as its waistline, and can cause
sugar ‘highs’ and ‘lows’. Stick to prepared treats and avoid human
food altogether, not just at the puppy stage but throughout
the life of the dog.
From Puppy to Junior
Different breeds mature at different rates. For example a small /
medium breed will mature much earlier than a giant breed. Caring for
your puppies nutritional needs throughout its stages of development
is very important. Therefore depending on what breed/size your
puppy is will depend on when they move to our junior/active foods.
For some it will be as early as 3-4 months for others the move could
be left until they are 6-8 months old. See the below guide. Like
feeding rates, this move will be individual to your puppy. Once you
have decided when to move them from puppy to junior (consult
your nutritional
advisor on this
one) make sure the
transition is done
slowly over a 5-10
day period.
Once on the Trophy junior/active food of your choice you can also
reduce the meals per day to three, if you had not done so already.
And at around 6 months you can cut back the meals per day to two.
Then stick with two meals per day throughout the dog’s life.
Follow the new feeding rates for the new junior/active food and
make sure you adjust them to suit your developing puppy. Some
junior dogs will eat more than others. This is acceptable provided
they do not grow too fast. It is vital to avoid an overweight body on
immature legs.
Small Dog
2-6 weeks
Mother’s milk with Trophy Puppy Food (premium
or lifestyle)
6-16 weeks
Trophy Puppy Food (premium or lifestyle)
4-8 months
Gradual Mix with Trophy Puppy (premium or
lifestyle) and Trophy Junior/Active
8-12 months
Appropriate Trophy Junior/Active Food
12 months +
Appropriate Trophy Adult Food
Medium - Large Dog
2-6 weeks
Mother’s milk with Trophy Puppy Food (premium
or lifestyle)
6-12 weeks
Trophy Puppy Food (premium or lifestyle)
12-16 weeks
Gradual Mix with Trophy Puppy (premium or
lifestyle) and Trophy Junior/Active
4-9 months
Appropriate Trophy Junior/Active Food
9-12 months
Appropriate Trophy Adult Food
12 months +
Appropriate Trophy Adult Food
Large - Giant Dog
2-6 weeks
Mother’s milk with Trophy Puppy Food (premium
or lifestyle)
6-12 weeks
Trophy Puppy Food (premium or lifestyle)
12-16 weeks
Gradual Mix with Trophy Puppy (premium or
lifestyle) and Trophy Junior/Active
4-24 months
Appropriate Trophy Junior/Active Food
24 months +
Appropriate Trophy Adult Food