Puppy food question!?

Question

I am still mixing dry and canned puppy food. How lond should I be doing this? Right now she is 11 weeks or so, a Yellow Lab. And how often would you feed her canned food anyway when she gets older? Thanx!!

Answer 1

I would keep up the mixed food for about 6months. Then slowly eliminate the canned all together, until you are feeding only dry food. It's much easier to store and handle, and the dogs do very well on it.

Answer 2

You can continue mixing canned food and dry food for her whole life. You can feed it with her dry twice per day.

Canned food doesn't hurt the dog at all. Contrary to popular belief(even among some vets, thankfully not all) canned food doesn't cause tooth issues nor does dry help prevent them. Dogs do not chew their food like people..food is not in the mouth long enough to cause problems. Also canned food has a higher meat content then dry and it also has less carbohydrates..in other words it contains more of what dogs need..meat and less of what they don't need..grains.
A Lab puppy is fine on a good qaulity puppy food until they are 6 mnoths old..then you can gradually switch over to adult food. Make sure to feed a good qaulity food that doesn't contain corn, wheat, soy, beet pulp.

Answer 3

She should not be on canned food at this age. It creates builup on the teeth which can lead to many other problems if not corrected now. Dry food contains a better balance of the nutrients that she needs. Canned food is usually only used for puppies weaning off their mother or senior dogs who have dental problems. Start taking her off slowly gradually adding more dry food daily until she is eating just dry food. If you are concerned about feeding your dog canned food or stopping feeding her the food call your vet and ask what they reccomend.

Answer 4

As a long-time large dog owner, I actually would suggest you switch to an adult formula - we see less problems with Panosteitis (or Pano) in large breed dogs fed an adult maintenance formula as opposed to any puppy formula.
Most vets and pet food folks push the puppy food as there are kick-backs, but talk to any GOOD breeder and most feed adult kibble. Raw diet is also highly recommended.

Answer 5

Keep mixing the wet food as long as your vet tells you to, but I would stop after about 7 or 8 months. Slowly reduce the amount of wet food and replace it with dry food. Do this every week until she is on all dry food.

Dry food helps keep dogs teeth and gums healthy by removing plaque and tarter. Face it dogs do not brush as often as we do. Plus, wet food tends to make dogs fat. It is filled with fat and unecessary calories.

Answer 6

I would slowly start weaning her off of it right now. Dogs don't need to eat canned food, unless for a medical problem. Canned food in general isn't good for dogs. It does not help their teeth at all, because they aren't crunching anything to remove plaque or tartar, and it gets lodged up in their teeth making their breath smell. There is no reason to have a dog on canned food unless he or she really needs it.