Ok everybody what do you feed you pup?

[Sasha's Mom]

I used to feed Sasha Innova Large Breed food, and she did well on it. However, I had to drive 45 min to get to the store..... so when one day, on my way home from work, I decided to stop by the mini pet mart there, I was happy to see they carried Canidae. After having read about it on this forum, I switched and no lI onger have to drive out of town...yay! Sasha seems to be doing the same.... same stools, same apetite, same shiny soft coat. She's not super interested in kibble, but she'll eat it. Sometimes I mix it with tuna or boiled rice, or put a little bit of salmon oil on it. If I mixed it with mud, she'd probably RUN to the bowl....

[turbodx]

I'm feeding my 9 week old raw chicken for now , It's a little more cost effective , a little more messy , but supposedly better for him than kibble. I'm by no means an expert but from the research I've done raw meat sees to be the way to go .

[iani]

Originally Posted by turbodx

I'm feeding my 9 week old raw chicken for now , It's a little more cost effective , a little more messy , but supposedly better for him than kibble. I'm by no means an expert but from the research I've done raw meat sees to be the way to go .

Just make sure you're including the bones, not just the meat with the bulk of the diet being the bones.

Ian

[MikeT66]

Ryker my 5 1/2 month old Rottie gets Canidea ALS and Natures Variety Raw mixed together and is doing great.

[brunie's mom]

Originally Posted by turbodx

I'm feeding my 9 week old raw chicken for now , It's a little more cost effective , a little more messy , but supposedly better for him than kibble. I'm by no means an expert but from the research I've done raw meat sees to be the way to go .

There is WAY more to feeding a raw diet then feeding raw chicken.
You have a puppy, you only have one chance to make sure this puppy grows properly, and that means a balanced diet. You should be feeding a variety of meats, and organ meats, and make sure that there is enough calcium in the diet from eating bones. Stick with a prepared raw diet for now, or a good quality kibble...if you are not sure that you are feeding a balanced diet to your puppy by feeding it a variety of meats...that means beef, pork, lamb..as well as heart, liver, kidney from all of these animals too.

Gina

[brutus'mother]

Originally Posted by iani

Just make sure you're including the bones, not just the meat with the bulk of the diet being the bones.

Ian

Please do some more research on raw feeding. The bulk of the diet should not be bones. Aprroximately 80% meat, 10% organ, and 10% bone.

[SaranBear]

I feed Innova Evo and mix in Puppy Gold supplement. She also gets 2 eggs a week and 1x day some Bravo Raw mixed in. I feed Evo because that's what my adult male eats. The puppy supplement is on the reccomendation of my breeder .

[Kandi]

I feed my one a mixture of California Natural Herring and Sweet Potato and Innova Large Breed. My other one gets a small amount of Innova with her K-9 Kravings raw diet. My girl on the raw has a much nicer, shinier coat. I am considering switching the other one as well, but my main focus is to keep the show girl in mint condition. My house puppy gets raw every now and then.

[turbodx]

Originally Posted by brunie's mom

There is WAY more to feeding a raw diet then feeding raw chicken.
You have a puppy, you only have one chance to make sure this puppy grows properly, and that means a balanced diet. You should be feeding a variety of meats, and organ meats, and make sure that there is enough calcium in the diet from eating bones. Stick with a prepared raw diet for now, or a good quality kibble...if you are not sure that you are feeding a balanced diet to your puppy by feeding it a variety of meats...that means beef, pork, lamb..as well as heart, liver, kidney from all of these animals too.

Gina

I've only been feeding him raw for 2 weeks and from what I've read I have to get him used to eating raw meat before I can start offering all kinds of different stuff . So far I've given him gizzards,chicken live,chicken back,chicken breast. I figure in another week or so I'll throw in some beef / pork/fish etc.

The 80-10-10% model is what I'm using and 2-3% of the estimated adult weight for the portions.

[TrinaJ]

Jett is on Eagle Pack Holistic, she is in excellent condition at 6 months of age. She is also comped on raw meats (lamb/beef), sardines, chicken necks and carcus - which she LOVES to crunch up), yoghurt and cottage cheese. She gets fed twice per day each serving she gets 2 1/2 cups of kibble per day with the other foods, she also gets table scraps if there is any leftovers. Her kibble intake is adjusted depending on what she gets with it each night.

[jeremynalta]

Originally Posted by SaranBear

I feed Innova Evo and mix in Puppy Gold supplement. She also gets 2 eggs a week and 1x day some Bravo Raw mixed in. I feed Evo because that's what my adult male eats. The puppy supplement is on the reccomendation of my breeder .

How old is your pup? Innova evo is not a good choice for pups because of the calcium/phosphorus ratio

[NDDogLvr]

I used to feed my Pomeranian Iams with no problems, but when I got Mia, (my Rottweiler), it gave her diarrhea. So I educated myself using this forum. I now feed both of my dogs California Natural Chicken and Rice Adult formula. It's been a good choice for my dogs!

[Skip]

Originally Posted by aldelgreco

or you could just save yourself the time of reading through what most of the elitists on this board think and just go with Canidae All Life Stages. you can go to their website and see where it is sold. it is made with human grade materials, and can be fed to all dogs at all stages of life. the best part is that it only cost a couple more dollars per 40 pound bag than so-called "premium foods" that use by-products like eukanuba, etc.

Canidae is good, but it's definitely not for every dog. Stools were not good on my dogs with Canidae. Right now I feed a mixture of Bravo Raw Lamb and California Natural Lamb. Every other day I add a raw egg, or some yogurt and cottage cheese, or maybe substitute a can of jack mackerel for the bravo. I also supplement with Ester-C powder at every feeding.

[SaranBear]

Originally Posted by jeremynalta

How old is your pup? Innova evo is not a good choice for pups because of the calcium/phosphorus ratio

She's about 4.5 months. The calcium phosphorous ratio in Evo is actually within the recommended limits. Interestingly enough, Evo recommends feeding their Large breed puppy formula because it has more carbs than regular EVO. Sounds like a ploy to me. As far as I am aware puppies do not need "more energy from carbs for growing" as they claim.

[brutus'mother]

Originally Posted by SaranBear

She's about 4.5 months. The calcium phosphorous ratio in Evo is actually within the recommended limits. Interestingly enough, Evo recommends feeding their Large breed puppy formula because it has more carbs than regular EVO. Sounds like a ploy to me. As far as I am aware puppies do not need "more energy from carbs for growing" as they claim. SO I see no reason not to feed EVO.

Not sure which EVO formula you are feeding but the small bites has Ca 3.03% and phos 1.76%, I would not consider this an appropraite ratio for a growing pup. The suggested ratio is 1:1.