Yet again, Dog Food

[heinz57_79]

Having limited resources for pet supplies can be tough. Have you thought of possibly ordering some from online if you can't find what you want in the stores around? I have always feed my dogs Nutro... Nutro Natural when I'm doing ok financially, Nutro Max when things are a little tight. I used to feed them Pedigree and things like that, and noticed a BIG difference when I switched their food. THe first ingredient in the Lamb and Rice formulas is Lamb Meal which, as already mentioned, is really good for them. Their poop is smaller, doesn't stink half as bad, which generally means that there's more being digested than passed thru. Most of the other dog food brands have corn or rice as the first ingredient and it's just a filler. It can't really be digested so it just goes straight thru.

In terms of puppy food, I've checked with at least a handful of different vets and I havent come across one that says to stop feeding puppy food early. They all told me to keep the pup on it for at least 9 months, preferably a year. I've got Arthur on Nutro Natural Large Breed Puppy right now.

But like I said, if you decide on a better food (and your parents ok it) you can order Nutro and some other brands from Petsmart.com, petco.com and places like that.

Good luck!

[cali]

vets know next to nothing about nutrition. so do NOT rely on what they say to be true. puppy food does make dogs grow way to fast, I really noticed it between happy and misty, happy grew up on puppy food, and grew REALLY fast, like 2 inches in one week. misty grew up on RAW, and man did I ever notice the differnace is speed of growth, misty grew VERY slow, like maybe 2 inches a month. usally only 1 inch a month, mistys structure is also WAYYYYYYY better then happys.

[Tina]

I say feed what ever you comfortable with. We don't have any pet stores that sell dog food around here. They are small pet stores mostly just sell bird food and supplies, fish food and supplies, rabbit food and supplies and etc...

We live in a very small area and the only place we can shop for dog food is at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or a grocery store. There are feed stores for like horses,goats, and cows around here. I believe the only thing they sell is Purina.

We feed our dogs Purina One right now they have eaten other Purina dog foods. They have also had Alpo and Pedigree. We don't really have very many choices around here so we feed what we feel comfortable with. If we are low on money we have feed them Ol'Roy.

[MariaM]

I see there are quite a few replies since I went to camp, so I'm gonna reply now. Major will be switching to an Ol' Roy food that said "All Life Stages" on it. I suppose its probably adult or something, but it has less protein than the puppy food. I don't want him to grow so fast, because as it is, he is huge in my eyes (from when we got him)

Yes, the food our vet sells is called Medi-Cal. I've searched everywhere but I don't know what the price of it is. I guess I'll have to phone them, but I don't really want to lol, Not until I'm sure.

Tina: your stores sound basically the same as our stores lol. Where do you get Purina One? I have only seen it at IGA but pet supplies at IGA are more expensive.