Purchase your essential dog care items such as ID tags, a collar and a 6 foot leash, food and water bowls, food, dog toys, a crate and bedding, and basic grooming tools. Just before you bring your dog adoption home, take him for a walk to tire him out a little.
1 Limiting the amount of saturated fats you eat to less than 7 percent of your total daily calories. That means if you need about 2,000 calories a day, less than 140 calories (or 16 grams) should come from saturated fats.  Limiting the amount of trans fats to less than 1 percent of your total daily calories.
1 Women: 125 additional calories per day. 2  For example, if you are a girl with a daily calorie maintenance level of 2000 calories, you should now eat about 2125 calories per day to build muscle. 3  Whatever your maintenance level is, just be 125 or so calories above it each day.