Great Topic! I've been thinking about this for a while myself. I think I've got to lean a little more towards feeding pups super premium adult food. Now I'll tell you right now I have no concrete scientific evidence to prove this but when in doubt I look at nature. There are all kinds of articles that debate this same issue both with valid points. I tell you this there is not an animal in the forest that has the vaguest idea of what the FDA recommends for nutritional value and they do a lot better than we do as far as diseases. You never see wolves feeding their pups prey with more nutritional content. The difference between us and nature is we have the responsibility to ensure that our beloved companions get the nutritional value they need. Therefore whatever we give them is what they get nothing more or nothing less. Reason I say this is because sometimes our bodies crave certain foods for nutritional reasons. It is said people who die of old age really die from a deficiency in the body.
SOOOO I look at a food like Innova ingredients being Turkey, Chicken, Brown rice, Potatoes, Apples, Carrots, Cottage cheese, Alfafa sprouts, Eggs, and garlic. All organic and chemical free ingredients. I feel comfortable with this supplying sufficient nutritional value regardless of age. JMO
I don't know sometimes I feel puppy food is a marketing gimmick. You'd be amazed what happens behind the scenes to sell products. Social hypnotism is a BIO*CH!!
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