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Large Breed Puppy Nutrition

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Lexus I LOVE my mommy!     Barked: Thu Dec 2, '10 11:41am PST  I believe I am switching my saints back to puppy food till 18months and I think I am going to go with Diamond Naturals Large Breed puppy. I still don't think its a big deal for them to be on adult food at 12months but I would rly like my female to put on a lil more weight and she seems to do better on puppy food [notify]

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Rowdy I live up to my- name!     Barked: Thu Dec 30, '10 3:05pm PST  First of all, thank you so much for putting all of this information together! I just had a quick question about Taste of the Wild, Sierra Mountain formula. I know you said their foods aren't good for large breed puppies, but this formula seems to be right at the recommended calcium and protein/fat levels. I just like the ingredient list, it's affordable and available close by. This is for a 10 week old lab puppy who I'm currently feeding Royal Canin Large Breed Puppy Maxi (what the breeder had him on). Thanks in advance! Link to Taste of the Wild - Sierra Mountain - http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com/products/dogs/dry_fo od/sierra_mountain_canine_formula/ my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Aster Let's go for a- swim     Barked: Thu Dec 30, '10 6:18pm PST  For those of you interested in what highly experienced teams of professionals with access to the staffs of veterinarian schools plus their own data on thousands of dogs, look to the practices of the service dog schools. Each school breeds hundreds of dogs a year, mostly Labs, Shepherds, and Goldens. Some of them provide all the medical care for most of them the first year. At the end of it, they did a complete physical including hip X-rays on all of them. The schools share information with each other. I am familiar with the practices of a few of them. They vary somewhat, but all of them are vary careful to keep their puppies lean, and make an early switch to an all life stages food, perhaps at 4-5 months. There are different large breed puppy chows. Many of them are little different the ALS food except for the higher price. Any other differences are going to fall on the excessively rich side promoting the agribusiness ''get big fast'' thinking. The large breed puppy chows are highly profitable, using nearly the same ingredients as the ALS, but selling for much more. I find it ludicrous to think that any ordinary dog owner knows enough to correct teams of professionals. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Tanuk, CGC Sherpa Tanuk of- Everest     Barked: Thu Dec 30, '10 7:11pm PST  Aster, that's why there is a wide range of pet foods available. There is a food for every need and every budget. This enables owners to decide on their own what they think is best for their individual pet. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Mulder Spooky Mulder     Barked: Thu Dec 30, '10 7:46pm PST  FIRST of all, most of the information from this post comes out of a study done by professionals on the growth rate and development of giant breed puppies. SECOND, yes, there absolutely is a difference in most ALS foods and LBP foods. It has nothing to do with ingredients in this case. It has everything to do with the correct ratio of calcium/phosphorus. MOST ALS foods are too high in both. Edited by moderator Fri Dec 31, '10 9:31am PST my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals Edited by forums moderator

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