Puppy food question...

[Gretta]

Hi there,
I’m the proud new mother of a rottie mix pup (5 mos), and I’m looking for some info on feeding…

Question 1: Currently we are feeding Gretta Sensible Choice large breed puppy food, and I am wondering if we should switch her over to Nutro LB puppy food. I have read that Nutro contains higher levels of glucosamine. Being a mix, we have no idea if she is pre-disposed to hip dysplasia, so would the extra glucosamine be beneficial for her at this point?
Initially I chose not to feed Nutro because corn based products were listed among the first several ingredients…

Question 2: She’s pretty laid back about eating, so to ensure she does eat something in the morning before I leave for work I’ve been mixing about 1~2 Tbsp of plain yogurt into her food… she loves it, but am I giving her more calcium than she needs with the daily yogurt addition?

Thanks,
Cori

[Roscoe's dad]

Sensible choice by Royal Canin is an ok food I don't think there would be much difference between that and the Nutro. I think you will get a lot of advice about feeding an all life stage food such as Canidae rather than a large breed puppy chow. You don't want the puppster to grow to fast as that creates problems of its own. Whereabouts in Wi?

[lblax]

Originally posted by Roscoe's dad
Sensible choice by Royal Canin is an ok food I don't think there would be much difference between that and the Nutro. I think you will get a lot of advice about feeding an all life stage food such as Canidae rather than a large breed puppy chow. You don't want the puppster to grow to fast as that creates problems of its own. Whereabouts in Wi?

stay with what you got and at 18months switch to canidae

[mmgy]

You're right, I'm going to advocate switching to something like Canidae right now. Most large breed puppy foods are formulated to the same specifications as adult foods anyway. With Canidae she'd also get human-grade ingredients, not sub-grade like brewers rice, and more vitamins, minerals, etc.

But I'd also like to throw something else out. This particular large breed food has 36% protein and 14% fat. Their website says that puppies need more protein, and that there's no research that says too much protein is a problem. Anybody have any thoughts on that?

M2

[lblax]

Originally posted by mmgy
You're right, I'm going to advocate switching to something like Canidae right now. Most large breed puppy foods are formulated to the same specifications as adult foods anyway.
M2

to say that large breed puppy foods are formulated like adults is just not so, many vitamins and mineral maximums(not minimums) are differant this has been kicked around this forum a million times in 2 yrs, and opinions are as varied as there are differant foods so i would if i were you greta just perform a seach and make up your own mind from the old posts. but in my opinion you are doing fine by your puppy