what is the best thing to feed a 6 week old puppy?

Answer 1

I don't recommend puppy food for any puppy. Why?

Explanation as to why puppy food is BAD for puppies, especially large breed pups: It contains WAY MORE protein than needed. It causes rapid growth, rapid growth then leads to future bone and joint problems. Feeding a high quality all stages food will promote a more desired slow growth, and thus lessen the chances of bone and joint problems later. Puppies should grow up slowly, not spring up like weeds.

In my opinion "puppy" foods should only be fed to pregnant and lactating dogs who actually can use all that extra protein and calcium.

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...

Answer 2

i feed my pups purina puppy chow.you can get soft and crunchy and just hard puppy chow.i was a lab breeder and trainer for 8 years.i have owned labs,great danes,and english mastiffs in my lifetime and have never had a problem.at 6 weeks you might want to put some warm water on his\her food for about 2 weeks.

Answer 3

By now it should already start eating puppy chow, mixed with some condensed milk if needed. Do not give any sort of dairy milk, or "human food" of any kinds. You should also look into vaccinations for the puppy. Monitor the eating habits of the puppy and how they react to different kinds of puppy chow, and do not change puppy chow too often. EX: Don't go from purina puppy chow, to iams smart puppy, and then to some generic puppy chow, and back to purina again. Pick one and stick with it. ^_^ Puppies are great eh?

Answer 4

A premium puppy food that has been soften with warm water and maybe a little canned puppy food.

Answer 5

this is not an add. without adought,purina puppy chow is the best thing to feed a puppy

Answer 6

Royal Canine has a Babydog food. I was told by a pet store friend that Royal Canine is a very good brand.

Answer 7

DOG FOOD!!!!
Any decent brand of DRY***ADULT*** feed is FINE!

WHY do you have it TOO YOUNG??? *8* wks is MINIMUM!

Answer 8

JESS gave you real good information, read her answer it is really good.

Answer 9

definitely NOT chocolate.

Answer 10

chocolate