When does a "puppy" become a "dog" in terms of food?
 

Hi there!
My baby is now 6 months old. I hadn't realized it until today! How quickly these last couple of months have flown by!
So, in terms of food, is it okay to start feeding the grownup versions? I brought home some sample packs of Innova EVO Red and gave her a few bites as a treat...and she went nuts! So I was thinking...She doesn't get all that excited over the cooked food I have been making her (chicken breast) as well as our valiant attempt at the RAW diet (which she turned her little snobby nose up at) ..but this Innova, she loves! Maybe I should just switch her over to it? I was doing some reading and also following these groups and the protein content seems to be the big concern, yet with the RAW diets (which so many puppies seem to thrive on), I'd think the protein value would be very high to start with. So, as you can tell, I am a bit confused about what is right to do.
Any words of wisdom would be appreciated! :-)

I'd wait till they were closer to a year before switching them over. Maybe they make that food in a puppy version. At six months they're still growing.

My Vet says they should be on puppy food untill a year old

Thanks! My vet says the same thing..1 year...but then goes on to say "And Science diet is great!". Which make me think she may not be as tuned into things as I'd like.Where I get confused is when so many people feed RAW diets...which are pretty high in protein...to their puppies. I looked the nutritional breakdowns on that really wonderful dogfood anaylisis website that is on the sticky trying to figure out what makes puppy food, puppy food vs. dogfood. In some cases, it really seems to be marketing (very similar ratios for nutritional value within the same brand line) or the size of the kibble. And some brands (like Artemis) say for all stages. And the ratios between protein and fiber vary so much between brands (like Chicken Soup dry for puppies, vs the Innova dry for puppies). The more I read, the more in circles my brain goes.
So..still confused about what makes something Puppy vs. Dog.
I'd just feed her the puppy version and be done with it, except it apparently tastes different and she snubs it! Yorkies seem to be so particular with these things! And she's taking me right along for the ride. If anyone had told me 6 months ago I'd be concerned with protein ratios in dogfood I would have laughed at them!

it really depends on the dog most of the time its 6 months to a year
our kayko couldnt keep weight on so we kept him on it til 2 1/2
we now feed natural balance potato & duck which is all life stages