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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I'm not familar with Call of the Wild, but for Blue Wilderness it says,
The only caution we would make on this food is that the high protein content may make it suitable for adult dogs only, particularly in the case of large breeds.
So this means that it shouldn't be used for puppies, especially large breed puppies. |
Science has given us the ability to produce a puppy food so high in available nutrients as to increase the growth rate of the bone in a puppy. The muscles, tendons, and ligaments that keep these bones, and joints, in proper alignment do not respond in the same way to the same nutrition. When the bones grow too fast, the misaligned growth becomes permanent if it's not corrected before the growth plates close. Some examples of this are extreme and others are less so. The large breed puppy is more susceptible because the growth rate is incredible, even without the super food. The ideal growth rate is the slowest growth possible given that all basic nutrition is afforded. This gives the DNA time to fulfill it's potential without a growth plate closing, making a nutritionally forced imbalance permanent.