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Originally Posted by Marcelo  Anyone no anything about natural balance puppy food went to my local pets Mary an they highly recommend it |
I would try to pick one of the NB formulas that have the higher protein/fat content for your puppy (like the Synergy or even the Alpha lines). If I remember correctly, most of their formulas are all life stages so you could feed it to pups but most of them are kinda low in protein and fat. I'm not sure most of their formulas would be my first choice for a puppy food (aside from the ones I mentioned above), just from my personal experience. Teddy came to me when he was around 9-10 months old and his previous owner had him on NB Organics (discontinued) but it was pretty low in fat/protein/calories and Teddy had poor skin/coat (very dry, coarse) and his hips, spine, and ribs were protruding (he was also not neutered at the time so I'm sure that also increased what his intake should have been).
All of this turned around after I switched him to a different food (I want to say it was Wellness Core that I put him on first...I can't remember for certain). I think a lot of him not doing well on NB had to do with him needing such a large amount of the food (which he wasn't getting prior to living with us) to support his growth and body condition.
With that being said, I do like NB for some dogs. My parents feed this to their beagle who is very sensitive and she does really well on the Natural Balance LID formulas. And I like to use the sample bags of this to supplement Toki's canned/wet food from time to time.