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04-28-2006, 11:39 PM | #1 |
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| puppy dry food for adult? Bambi's 1 year old, but he still prefers the puppy dry food over the adult food. is it ok to keep on feeding them puppy food?
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04-29-2006, 06:29 AM | #2 |
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| the show breeder I got my five year old Silk from feeds all her dogs puppy food and she has many. She evidently knows what she is doing as she has been breeding and showing for many years. I have all three of mine of dry puppy food and wet puppy food both. I free feed so the dry is down all the time. I had tried the same thing with Ceeby when I got him at eight weeks. He would have no part of the puppy food either wet or dry so until he was four or five months old, he ate adult food. His hair was thin and he wasn't getting nutrients so when I bought Silk, I tried the puppy food again and he loves it. He is filling out a little and his silky coat is beautiful. he is full of energy now. |
04-29-2006, 01:36 PM | #3 |
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| Puppies have different nutritional needs than adults. Most vets recommend changing to adult once the puppy is through the growth stage and some are even recommending that they start adult food as early as 3 months. It is not good to keep them on puppy food and can lead to obesity. Begin mixing small amounts of the adult with the puppy and gradually add more until they are eating only the adult formula. I have never personally heard of a breeder recommending the puppies remain on puppy food. You would be better supplementing with something like Missing Link with fatty acids for better coats. |
04-29-2006, 01:43 PM | #4 |
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| Here's an article on feeding. It says that an adult cannot handle the additional protein and it may lead to kidney failure and will actually shorten a dog's life. Many yorkies have problem with protein in their diet anyway. http://muextension.missouri.edu/expl...ets/g09920.htm |
04-29-2006, 01:47 PM | #5 |
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| Thanks for the replies. Obesity will not be a problem for Bambi since he's more underweight than overweight. However, i am concern about the excess protein Lacy's mom mentioned. Bambi's so picky and he likes small bites, i have to find a good brand that has small adult bites. Any recommendation?
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04-29-2006, 01:47 PM | #6 |
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| i am not sure why she said that unless it had to do with the fact that she had more show dogs than breeders. She kept talking about their energy and coat conditions. Silk is not obese by any stretch of the imagination. Not quite even five pounds and Ceeby is only 3.4 and has stopped gaining. Now the little fart, as she is known here at home, might be a different story. She already probably weighs as much as Ceebyat four months old compared to his nine mnths old. But, she looks chunkier. I don't really know why she would say this but i figured with all her trophies and etc that she was smarter than me and it is working for my dogs right now. They are very finicky and when something works, I ain't messin with it. LOL |
04-29-2006, 01:55 PM | #7 |
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| I've seen some breeders recommend giving calcium during pregnancy, but if you do some research you will find this is very harmful and will probably cause low calcium (eclampsia) after whelping. Some just think, if protein is good, than more is better, but this is not necessarily true and can actually do harm. I would just change to the adult formula of the puppy food you have been using - put it in a blender or food processor to make it smaller if you need to. Last edited by Lacy's Mom; 04-29-2006 at 01:57 PM. |
04-29-2006, 06:15 PM | #8 |
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| If you check the ingrediants on the bags, you will see, in the better quality foods, there is very little difference between the puppy food and adult food. I'm feeding my new 4 mo old pup Solid Gold adult food because the ingrediants are the same as the puppy food and my picky eater, Rowdy, will eat the adult food and I don't want to chnge him to puppy and since i free feed, all mine have to eat the same thing. i fed a senior dog puppy food when Rowdy was a pup and senior dog was just fine. - not recommending that you all do the same, but my experience was OK. I talked with my locally owned pet store that carries HIGH quality natural food and they confirmed that often, there is not much/any difference in adult and puppy food. Puppy food is sometimes higher in protein, but the better foods seem to have higher protein in the adult foods too. I've questioned many about the higher protein being bad for kidneys - and get conflicting answers.
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