Large Breed Puppy food

[Pauline46]

Can anybody help me? What is a good brand dog food for large puppies?

My new pup seems to have soft stools on the one he is on now which is Nutrience. :confused:

[opokki]

Innova LBP or Eagle Pack LBP come to mind.

[sheplovr]

Innova is good, Flint River Ranch, Sysong, Canadae, Eagle Pack, Bil Jac frozen.............many more but learn to read first ingredients then the small fillers of feathers, road kills, euthanized sick cancerour pets ground up, cancerous cows, given a name as fillers that are making our dogs very ill........ Take a look at my site on Pat's notes page for further next month on bad dog foods

[pittiegirl]

I don't know exactly what is available where you are, but any good 'all life stages' food or 'large breed puppy' food should be okay. In general, avoid the grain-free foods (EVO, Raw Instinct, and Barking at the Moon) as their protein and mineral levels are too high for optimum growth of a large breed. Same with regular puppy foods.

www.dogfoodproject.com is a good site to learn what to look for in foods.

[Pauline46]

What kind of fillers am I supposed to be looking for? I'm not sure what I am looking for.

Thanks.:D

[MrsRottie]

I used Purina ProPlan Large breed puppy food for my two - with no probs at all.

[pittiegirl]

What kind of fillers am I supposed to be looking for? I'm not sure what I am looking for.

Thanks.:D

In the link I posted there are sections for Label Information 101, Identifying better products, and Ingredients to avoid. I think you may find them helpful.

[Pauline46]

Thank you~;)

[Lynn]

before I was any the wiser...we had Tikaani on Iams puppy...but her stools were always soft and she didn't look as healthy as she could have. After the puppies were done with the majority of their nursing (I didn't want to upset her system more than it already was w/ the little ones) we switched over to Canidae all life stages and that's even what we put the puppies on when they started eating solids. Even better...the Canidae is cheaper than Iams anyhow on a by-the-pound basis. Her stools have gotten solid and she loves it. Plus, I like the fact that it's smaller kibble so it's easier to digest unchewed food if that ever happens and I never have to switch her to something else as she gets older and just upset her stomach more.

[polarpaws]

I feed Eagle Pack and California Natural, they both work very well for my puppies and I always give a small bag to new owners, very few ever go off of the foods, but I think it's mostly due to price, and they usually switch off to Innova or something like Nutro that's at least better than Pedigree or Purina or Iams, etc etc.

[Pauline46]

Thank you everyone for your comments. I think I will put him on Eagle brand. That is the food our sheltie started on and was on for a long time. He had surgery and they suggested a vegetarian food for him. I'm even thinking of putting him back on it. He has a terrible skin condition now.:mad:

[polarpaws]

I don't really understand the vegetarian dog foods, that kind of irks me a little when people suggest it to me. I'm all for animal rights, and I myself am a vegetarian, but my dogs aren't human, sorry!

[Pauline46]

No that was not the reason. The vet did some research and found that maybe a vegetarian diet might of helped reduce stones in my dog because he was prone to them. He had 2 major surgeries because of them. Plus his liver wasn't too good.

[Pauline46]

But you're right, I rather they had meat in their diet!

[polarpaws]

Unfortunately most vets aren't pet nutritionists (hence the reason science diet is 'recommended' by them) but who knows.
I suppose a vegetarian food fed with meat wouldn't be too bad, but I don't ever dabble in that area so I don't know. But the Eagle Pack and CN have always worked great for me.

[Pauline46]

Thanks, I'm going to give it a try on my senior too. After all he is almost 13 years old. I think it might help his bones and skin too.

Thanks for your help!;)