What food do/did you feed your puppy?

[.sarah]

I am not sure yet what I will feed my Lab pup. I want something quality-wise like Innova EVO, however it is waaaay to high in protein to feed a pup.

I was thinking maybe California Natural...

What have y'all fed or what are you feeding to your puppies and are you having good results?

[Jessika]

When I got Charlie his breeder had him on Diamond. I kept him on that for awhile before doing research on better foods. He had AWFUL gas while on it (I will never forget that!!). I don't remember poos though, but he was awfully itchy while on it, too.

Then we switched to Pro Plan Puppy. It was better, still had itchy skin, and the bad gas went away with their Lamb & Rice.

After doing more research I eventually switched him to Nutro Natural Choice which is what he is currently being fed (Their Chicken Meal, Oatmeal & Rice formula) and he is no longer itchy, does not have bad gas, and he used to have dandruff and it is gone!

Jamie.. well I don't know what her breeder had her on, since I didn't get her from the breeder, but her second owner had her on Royal Canin. I didn't keep her on it though and she started eating Pro Plan (because that's what I had Charlie on at the time). I didn't notice bad gas or being itchy though, she did OK on it but did poop a lot.

After switching to Natural Choice though which is what she's on now obviously and I am VERY happy with results. She used to be on their Lamb Meal & Rice formula but had REALLY bad gas but since switching to the Chicken Meal, Oatmeal & Rice formula the gas completely went away

[The Cat Factory]

I am feeding Chester Canidae, and he is doing really well on it.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I am getting a Dane puppy soon and will either feed Canidae, Fromm, Innova, Solid Gold or another super premium food. Nutro is not a premium food, but alot of dogs do great on it. IMO - you can get better foods than Nutro that are much healthier and have a better variety of meat in them. I see that Natural Choice for Puppies has one type of meat - chicken. I like to see a variety. It is so much healthier for your dog. There are many reasons as to why more than one source of meat is better, if you want to know I can post it.

I would start off with a super premium food that you can fit into your budget. Maybe even get some samples of different foods and see what the pup likes. Not every dog is going to eat a high quality food, just like not every dog is going to eat a lower quality food.

Good luck!

[lv4dogs]

Kaige has been my only puppy & he has had his share of diets too. lol

He came home with Pro Plan, I don't like Purina products so after just a few weeks on it (didn't want to have him go through too many changes the first few weeks here with me) I started to switch him to EVO. Sometimes my store was out of EVO so he'd get Innova adult, he seemed to like that a lot so I started mixing the 2 together. I did buy Nutro NC adult, lamb & rice twice (tried to save a little money) but he HATES is, we will NOT eat it. I don't understand because he will eat EVERYTHING else (including grapefruit, all veggies, pickles, you name it, he has not turned his nose up to anything but the Nutro).
He gets that in the morning and raw most evenings.

He seemed to handle the protein amounts pretty well.

Edited to add, that I did discuss EVO with the vet & the breeder, neither seemed concerned about the protein levels in it.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Edited to add, that I did discuss EVO with the vet & the breeder, neither seemed concerned about the protein levels in it.

You know I was thinking the same thing too. If people are feeding puppies raw, the protein levels are the same as in EVO. I dont see why feeding it to puppies is such a no no.