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.
Fat-Restricted Diet Basics. A fat-restricted diet typically limits fat intake to 50 grams per day. Fat contains nine calories per gram. So, if you need a total of 2,000 calories per day, this means that only about 22% of those calories can be from fat. The rest should be from carbohydrate or protein.