what dog food do you recommend for 8 week year old puppies?

Question

there rottie, golden retriever mix

Answer 1

go for puppy chow thats what i did for my two they love it

Answer 2

I don't recommend puppy foods for puppies, instead go with a high quality All Stages food.

There is way more protein and calcium in puppy food than needed. This causes rapid growth, rapid growth leads to bone and joint problems down the road. An All Stages food will give a more desired slow growth and help prevent bone and joint problems. Pups should grow up slowly, not spring up like weeds.

Nothing you find at a grocery store is going to be a good food. High quality foods can be found at large pet store chains, or online. A couple of foods I like are Nutro Natural, Innova, Innova Evo and Cannidae.

There are other high quality dog foods. Here's how to spot them:

A high quality food will have little or no fillers such as corn, wheat or soy. These aren't very digestable for dogs, and are common food related allergens. Since you were seeing corn meal in the first few ingredients, those are not high quality foods. Foods list ingredients by content, with the ingredient it contains most of at the top.

A high quality food will not contain BHT, BHA or Ethoxyquin, these are all chemical preservatives that have been linked to cancer.

A high quality food will not contain by-products of any kind. Meat meals are ok as long as the source of the meat is listed, such as Chicken Meal.

A high quality diet should have meat as at least the first ingredient., and be made from human grade ingredients. Foods that don't use human grade ingredients often get their ingredients from less than desirable sources, such as meat from animals that were diseased, or euthanized.

There is another diet option other than dog food. Some people choose to feed a raw diet. This involves feeding the dog raw meaty bones and organ meat. However it is not as simple as throwing a couple chicken bones in a bowl everyday. If you wish to feed this type of diet, do lots and lots of research first. Switching to this diet without knowing what your doing can lead to nutritional problems for your dog. I'll give you some links as a starting point in research if you are interested in this type of diet.

http://www.willowglen.com/barf.htm.........

http://www.bestfrisbeedogs.com/diets.htm...

http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html.....

http://www.rawfed.com/myths/index.html.....

http://www.rawdogranch.com

What's Really In Pet Food
http://www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359&m...

You'll also find that while high quality foods may be a bit more expensive, you'll often feed much less of it than you would a low quality food. Also your dog will be healthier, which means less trips to the vet.

Answer 3

I would recommend "puppy food" several companies make it. Read the labels, sometimes generic is just as good for less, and dogs should be on puppy food for approx 6 mos to a yr. but by ALL MEANS ASK YOUR VET!!!

Answer 4

Iams large breed puppy, or any equivalent premium brand labeled for large breed puppies. Don't waste your money on store brands! Super premium brands like Innova etc. are great but not necessary.

Answer 5

YOUR DOG IS MOST LIKELY GONNA BE A BIG ONE SO I WOULD RECOMMEND NURTO LARGE BREED PUPPY I'VE USED IT ON MY 80 POUND PIT BULL EVER SINCE HE WAS A PUPPY AND HES HEALTHIER THAN EVER. THE STOOL WOULD ALSO BE LESS SMELLY AND MESSY. NUTRO ALSO GUARANTEES THEIR PRODUCT SO IF YOU DONT LIKE IT YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK, BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHAT YOUR PUPPY LIKES HE NEEDS TO EAT AS MUCH AS HE CAN SINCE HES A PUPPY.

Answer 6

puppy canned dog food

Answer 7

NUTRO large breed puppy food.
I've feed all my pups this and then when they are adults the Adult Nutro for large breed dogs.

Answer 8

i fed my puppy Eukanuba and softenned it with warm water so he could chew it. the only thing is you have to change the bowl every two hours so the food won't rot. You might also want to try canned food. Whatever brand you get make sure it has lots of vitamins and "mothers"milk for your growing puppy.

Answer 9

Eukanuba

They have small medium and large breed puppy food

Answer 10

I train Guide Dogs and Iams is a good brand.