Has anyone used this dog food?

KatzPomDogz · You have been awarded the Posting Star of Honor!

Has anyone used this dog food?

KatzPomDogz · You have been awarded the Posting Star of Honor!

Whoo Hoo! I made it Clickable......all by my wittle self!

dusty082155 · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

i have never heard of it , but 32% protein seems awfully high for a puppy. i have heard thats its not good to feed puppies food that is so high in protein and that it can actually cause problems with their growing bones.

lovinOEBs · MAD DOG!

Whoo! Good for you for making clickable yourself. Thought it was another brand.. oops!

-- Edited by lovinOEBs at 23:21, 2005-10-12 I think they sell it at Pet co?

-- Edited by lovinOEBs at 23:23, 2005-10-12

KatzPomDogz · You have been awarded the Posting Star of Honor!

lol, The potatoe and duck is a great one. We use the ultra premium right now. Koda should be one the reduced calorie one but I really do not want to buy two different bags of food. I think I will just exercise him more! LOL

I put the wrong link up, I fixed it though, that was the small breed and medium breed, this is for large breed puppy. Chows are right on the brink of med/large and so typically if you feed a "breed size" food, you should go up with chows because of their girth.

KatzPomDogz · You have been awarded the Posting Star of Honor!

Ha! lol That is Natural Balance. That is what I use and still will. I had just never heard of this other brand.

dusty082155 · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

okay thats much better. lol the small breed puppy was 32%. the large breed puppy is only 26%. big difference. i would check out things like availability also. if its not what you plan on feeding him, then you might want to get the brand that you are going to feed him and gradually switch him over.

KatzPomDogz · You have been awarded the Posting Star of Honor!

That is what I am going to do. We already have the Natural Balance and the breeder is sending a small bag of the stuff he is on now so that I can switch him over slowly.

Kittys Mom · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

I see why she uses it.

Chicken, chicken meal, brewers rice, brown rice, whole grain ground wheat, corn gluten meal[ THAT'S A NO-NO], poultry fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols (a source of vitamin E), citric acid and rosemary extract), barley, oatmeal, beet pulp, digest of poultry, fish meal, flax seed, whole dried eggs, potassium chloride, brewers yeast, spray dried poultry liver digest, DL methionine, salt, chelated minerals (iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, cobalt proteinate, magnesium proteinate, yeast fermentation solubles), choline chloride, dried saccharomyces, fermentation solubles, (saccharomyces cerevisiae, enterococcus faecium, lactobacillus acidophilus, aspergillus niger, trichoderma longibrachiatum, bacillus subtillis) [THAT'S A BIG HELP-KEEPS THE PUP FROM GETTING DIARRHEA], maltodextrins and fermentation solubles), vitamins (vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement), taurine, vitamin C, yucca schidigera extract.

If she says she insists you stay with this, I would get a bit of it from her. Otherwise use Nutro ULTRA. If she will not guarantee the pup against diarrhea unless you use her food, I would not blame her a bit. Chances are, if you switch foods, you will get a floral overbalance, your vet will call it Parvo, and the circus will begin...