What is the best puppy food for a lab pup?

Answer 1

Our pets need quality pet food. Read the ingredients list and learn what the stuff on there is and what it does (or does not do) to/for our pets. A quick pet food 101. If the pet food contains corn/corn products or by products it is a poor quality food. Do not pay attention to advertising, they all say there food is great. Corn is a filler that can trigger skin problems. (allergies, skin problems, itching and excessive shedding) By products is anything from an animal not fit for human consumption, including cancerous tissue. Quality foods have meat as the first ingredient. California Natural, Solid Gold, Innova and Merrick are a few of the best brands available. If you want to learn more check out: http://www.sagekeep.com/petfood.htm www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359&more=1 http://animalark.eapps.com/animal/PetFoods.nsf/$$PetFoodsByRating?OpenForm

Answer 2

I wouldn't be feeding him 'supermarket' puppy food. I have recently bought a pup and for her first week/two weeks we fed her a 'special' receipe which the vet gave us. Sorry, looks like I've thrown it out. From memory it was a mix of rice, egg, cottage cheese and a multi vitamin mix which I brought from the vet to mix in. If you have no luck with this, I would buy special puppy food from your local vet. I alternated betwen biscuits and soft food (both especially for pups). I also thought biscuits soaked in water was best however my vet told me that dry food was fine and actually good for the pup! They basically told me that a dog's ancestory or what not, would see adult dogs make a kill and get first pickings at feeding. This would then leave only the bones and small bits of meat still attached, in which the pups would get left with. Therefore the hardness of the biscuits is not a problem for puppies. Quite in depth I know, but my pup loves her dry food!! Don't forget to feed 3 times a day while she's young. I had major problems with her crying at night. Make sure the is some light for him when he sleeps, he is warm and feels secure, some people suggest an alarm clock in his bed to mimick his mother's heart beat. I also found feeding later rather than earlier would see my pup sleep through the night. Good Luck!

Answer 3

You should go with premium high quality pet food.
The stuff you find at Walmart, big chain pet stores or even the supermarket contains ingredients that will make your stomach squirm. I know, if you read it, it sounds ok, right. But it's deceiving. And believe me, if you wouldn't want to eat it, why would you subject your cute new puppy to it.

Check out the site for some quality pet food:

http://www.naturapet.com


When my dogs were small, they were on Innova for puppies.


Good luck & hope you feed your Lab nutritious food.

Answer 4

I I recommend researching breed-specific nutrition for long-term care (NOT the commercial products that claim to be breed-specific but are actually group-specific).W D Cusick has written several books on this topic. Breed-specific nutrition is based on the origins of the breed. For example, labs are from the fishing villages in Newfoundland where they ate fish, whale blubber and some vegetables - and very low carbohydrates - they do not assimilate beef or beef fat easily. Golden retrievers thrive on beef and potatoes. Labs are said to be prone to skin problems but this is due to their skin (which should be protected at all times by their coat and the ant-bacterial oil produced by the skin) being exposed to foreign matter or toxins trying to be expelled through the skin. Mathilda is my third lab. I have had her on this diet since she was 8 weeks. She gets PHD (Viand) as a base food (1/2 her diet ) My vet, Dr. Kerry Brown who co-authored "Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog" with Dr. Wendy Vollard also feeds his dogs PHD. PHD will instruct you on the correct amounts for a growing puppy and is available anytime you have questions.She eats deep ocean fish (mostly mackerel) and a variety of vegetables and very low carbs. She is well-muscled, athletic and has tremendous stamina. She has a coat that is so shiny and luxurious it prompts strangers to ask what she is fed! She does NOT SHED except to blow her coat (I have white furniture); she does not smell - even when wet; she never gets a bath (remember - protect that skin) and never needs her teeth brushed; she has NO DANDER - people with severe allergies have no problem being around her; she does not get fleas and I use no flea products on her. She is the perfect little tugboat she was meant to be!

I don't know what breed you have, but think about it - do you really believe that their is one dog food that is 100% nutritionally correct for 150+ breeds? If you took someone from some remote village in, say, China and started feeding them Big Macs don't you think they would have problems?

Answer 5

go with pedigree 4 puppies its not 2 expensive and it gives them them all the things a dog needs in dog food but if u have money 2 spend on dog food then buy eukanuba it has possibly everything u can think of 4 a dog but boy is it exspensive o makesure u just get the dog food 4 puppies large breed ok GOOD LUCK!

Answer 6

Eukanuba or Science diet are the best puppy foods and also for life as well, they are well balanced and filled with the nutrition your dog needs, also it helps to keep the stool dry, easier to pick up when accidents happen inside, and they will.

Answer 7

the best food for a lab pup is ukanuma or iams very high in protien and all the vita it needs to build strong bones and teeth and all

Answer 8

I used to feed mine Pedigree Puppy food, and it loved it. Also was the longest living puppy from the litter.

Answer 9

If possible, science diet, or some other quality puppy food would do. But whatever brand, buy large breed, it helps with thier growing bones.

Answer 10

I like to feed my dogs Purina Beneful. They like it, their coats look good and the poop isn't a technicolor pile. And one really important thing, it doesn't cause them to puke it up. Too many other brands end up on the carpet in a pile of half digested slime. I've never had that issue with this stuff. It come in every type, from puppy to old dog.