What is the best kind of Puppy food (wet & dry) for a larger breed?

Answer 1

Normally I would say Nutro as I love this brand and it has kept all my animals healthy with wonderful shiny coats. However their wet food has been recalled. I would still suggest Nutro Kibble though, and once the recall is over the nutro wet food

Answer 2

Get a good quality food that doesn't have corn, wheat, soy, beet pulp or by products. The better the quality of food the less you wil lneed to feed and less poop produced. Also dogs are carnivores..meat eaters not grain eaters. They are designed to extract nutrition from meats not grains. Foods should have meat as at least the first 2-3 ingredients.
Store brands such as IAMS/Eukanuba, Science Diet, Purina, Pedigree, Alpo, etc should be avoided.

Some good choices are: Canidae, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul, Wellness, Solid Gold, Innova Blue buffalo, California Natural , just to name a few.

If you own a Great Dane or any other Giant breed do NOT ever feed it puppy food of any kind not even large breed. The protein and calcium levels are way to high. Do not feed these breeds/mixes a food with a protein level over 24%.

*******Nutrition class for vets is NOT elective..it is a requirement, however it is a general class that takes in dogs to hogs cats to rats..it is not species specific. Also Hill's Does NOT teach these classes, fund these classes etc...they do hold seminars but these are optional...Vets do NOT get paid for selling or recommending Hill's products..quite the opposite in fact..just like any other pet business we must buy it wholesale from the company and sell it retail.We also don't get all those so called perks that everyone seems to think we do either..No free food, no incentives (unless you call a $10 coupon off the largest bag they sell once or twice a year a perk...big deal)In 34 almost 35 years in the veterinary medical field I have yet to see anything benefitial coming to any vet office , vet, staff member from Hills.Personally I have never seen a vet or vet tech nutrition book that even mentions the words Hill's or Science Diet and I've seen many (including my own)

Answer 3

Here are a few that are good: Solid Gold, Wellness, Canidae, Timberwolf Organics, Innova, and Artemis Fresh Mix, there are several more but these are really good foods that come in puppy formulas in wet and dry. They may be a bit pricey initially but they come out cheaper because you feed less. These are 100% human grade dog food with NO corn, wheat, soy, grain fractions, fillers or by products – and naturally preserved.

http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/

The link I have provided sells dog food online but you can also look up the ingredients (on this site) to any of the ones I have listed plus any other dog foods you may be interested in, they have many brands listed.
The best thing you can do is research the different brands. Meat should be the first ingredient and the foods should NOT contain corn, wheat, soy, beef or by-products and it should also be made from human grade ingredients.

Answer 4

I have a large breed puppy (Neapolitan mastiff) and I feed him Solid Gold Millenia. The vet specifically recommended that he eat an adult dog food as a puppy because he is a larger breed.

Answer 5

Ask your Vet about your dogs needs, (not for their nutrition recommendations as many Vets aren't versed in Nutrition, but about their needs for amount of protein, etc) but generally speaking, many large breeds need less protein in their food. Royal Canin has some excellent large breed specific food. Nature's Recipe does too. They have alternative food blends that do not contain wheat. Like their Venison and Rice blend, also their duck, rabbit and fish blends are lower in protein.
I really like the way Royal Canin is specializing their food for size and breed. You didn't mention what type of large breed dog you have. But there are excellent blends developed just for German Shepherds or Labradors, for example.

Answer 6

We have a Newfoundland and feed him IAMS Large Breed DRY dogfood, while he was a puppy we fed him IAMS Large Breed puppy food. The large breed formula's usually have gucosamine, a supplement for hip dysplasia and joint pain sometimes found in larger breeds. Ocassionally we suplement his food with wet food for a treat. Be sure to visit the recall food web page to look for those brands (gravey and wet) affected by the recall.

Answer 7

I have a giant breed dog. My vet recommends either Iams large breed of Purina One large breed. Read your labels though. If you have a breed that is prone to bloat, do NOT get anything that has soy in it. Soy can be a factor in this often fatal medical emergency. I know that Purina One is safe. That is what I use. My vet also does not recommend wet food. Good luck.

Answer 8

Purina ( not sure if I spelt that right ) puppy chow.Remember the commercials where the puppy did things like tote a tree? They would say ---must have been the puppy chow...Well let me tell you,that stuff works too good. I have a lab that weights 145 lbs. and at 7 years is still strong as a bull elephant.It had to be the puppy chow!!!

Answer 9

I just switched my lab/rotty from science diet large breed puppy to nutro large breed puppy. He likes the taste of it much better, and his coat is much shinier since switching.
We compared and found that it had slightly more protein, and contains more meat, but was otherwise is nearly identical to the Science Diet

Answer 10

science diet?? if your vet says science diet thay're bought and paid for....they send vast amounts of money to vet schools, tuition assistance programs for vets, free food for them...they're the Jack Abramhoff of the business. And by the way, nutrition is generally an elective and guess who publishes one of the most commonly used text books...prize for you if you said Hills...

Pick up a bag of their "Light" product...whole ground corn is #1. So let's see...you have an overweight / less active dog and you're thinking a high-carb diet is the way to go??? It's even better with the prescription one...ground peanut hulls...that's quality there.

Answer 11

Read the ingredients on the bag. Look for food that has the least artificial ingredients and the least preservatives. That will be your best bet!