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We free feed ours and when they were puppies we used an all life stages food (Nature's Variety Prairie chicken meal and brown rice). They all got the same food and it worked out well for us. We had 4-5 dogs. We have free fed ours for years. We put food in a LeBistro feeder (probably 3-4 days worth of food) and they graze at will. They don't fight or compete for their food and they don't eat real fast either. A lot of the time they eat a little bit and go about their business, then later come and eat a little more, etc. It works for some dogs and for some it doesn't work. All you can do is try it out to see how it goes. There are a lot of all life stages foods, but be careful of the calcium and phosphorus levels. You don't want the levels to be too high. Some foods labeled as all life stages can have levels that are too high for puppies, especially for larger breeds.