Silver GSP

Do you guys feed puppy food all the time? I have a GSP that is just over a year now and was thinking about keeping him on the puppy food for the extra nutrition. I feed him Purina Pro Plan puppy for large breeds.I have never seen Diamond dog foods around this area. I will have to look for it.

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MNfowlplay

Hey, I was wondering when to take a dog off of puppy food also?

losthwy

Large breed dogs such as labs should be fed puppy food until they are fully grown to lessen the chance of HD.

Silver GSP

Well I found a place that sells Diamond puppy food around here. Witch one should I get for a little over a year old GSP. I am switching from Pro plan to see if I can get his stools to harden up. He has had runny stools off and on since we have gotten him at 8 months old and he has been on Purina Pro plan puppy for large breeds.

Thanks
Jeff [/align]

Cooper1

I've been feeding Canidae to my 5.5 year old Vizsla for 4years now and he has done excellent on it....coat couldn't be better. My new Vizsla is 10 weeks old and I have made the switch to Canidae for him as well. They don't have a Puppy line, so he's on the big boy food. I was a little nervous about making the switch, but everything has been great and I would recommend Canidae to anyone that listens!

WAYNE1

Silver GSP...For my 4 year old lab....I use Diamond High Energy Sporting Dog mix.

BLKLAB4097

Purina Puppy Chow is the choice of Champions

Silver GSP

I was told to keep them on puppy food all the time to get the highest protiene and fat content. Does this sound right or should I just switch to an addult high active dog food.
The only store around here that carries Diamond only sells


Diamond Puppy--
Crude Protein 31.0% minimum
Crude Fat 20.0% minimum
Crude Fiber 3.0% maximum
Moisture 10.0% maximum
Calcium 1.2% minimum
Phosphorus 1.2% maximum
Phosphorus 1.0% minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids 3.3% minimum*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 0.5% minimum*

Lamb & Rice --
Crude Protein 23.0% minimum
Crude Fat 14.0% minimum
Crude Fiber 3.0% maximum
Moisture 10.0% maximum
Calcium 1.2% minimum
Phosphorus 1.2% maximum
Phosphorus 1.0% maximum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids 2.2% minimum*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 0.4% minimum*

Premium adult--
Crude Protein 26.0% minimum
Crude Fat 18.0% minimum
Crude Fiber 3.0% maximum
Moisture 10.0% maximum
Ash 5.5% maximum
Calcium 1.2% minimum
Calcium 1.0% maximum
Phosphorus 1.0% minimum
Phosphorus 0.8% maximum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids 3.0% minimum*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 0.5% minimum*I
I am not sure what contrubutes to the loose stools in the list above if any thing. But I would like peoples opinion on this. This is a in side house dog that I get to work out about 3 to 4 times a week in the off season. over a year old.
Thanks for the help guys
Jeff

MNbowhunter

I think you also have to take a look at what ingredients they are using to get those percentages. I feed my dogs NutriSource Adult. My pup is considered a medium breed and I really didn't see the point in feeding her the extra fat. There is a definite difference between "grocery store" dog food and the "premium" dog food. I don't think theres a question there, but I don't know if anyone can ever get a clear answer on what "premium" food is better.If the dog likes it andyour satified with the end result . Why change?

ccm352

I have two labs. I started them both off with Iams large breed puppy. WHen my chocolate was about 6 months old he wouldnt touch the stuff. here we are 5 years later and my yellow pup has the puppy food and the chocolate wants to eat it now.