Switching to adult food

[Luis]

Hello, My dog recently turned 1 year old and I've decided to switch to an Adult Dog food. I was starting to mix Beneful with her Purina Puppy Chow but I came up with a problem! I have a Le Bistro Automatic feeder and since Beneful is really moist the food dries out really fast and I don't want to feed my dog nasty dry food. I was wondering if anyone feeds their dogs Dog Chow (The green bag) Do they have the same moist bits in the food? Any suggestions?

[lou3]

why not feed a food thats completely dry anyway? Its better for the dog, cheaper and easier to ration.
Lou

[erdog3]

What kind of breed do you own, if it is one of the large breeds you should keep on the puppy food for another 6 months. Other than that, the moist biscuits are full of fat, when your dog has finished growing he can become overweight, as lou stated you are far better off to feed a complete dry food.

[Luis]

She's a Border Collie/Australian Cattle Dog Mix, she's medium size and I don't think she's going to get any bigger.

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear, but the reason why I asked if the Dog Chow (green bag) has moist buscuits is because I want to make sure it is a dry dog food that doesn't have moist biscuits.

I went on the purina web site and from what I can see it looks like all their Dog chow products have moist biscuits in them, but I'm not really sure. That's why I'm asking.

Does anyone get what I'm trying to say?

[erdog3]

Yep! sure do now, can't help with the brand of biscuits sorry, we don't get that brand here, try posting an actual topic on the brand, you may get some more responses from others who may use it.

[Luis]

Should I still post in the Dog Health Forum, or in the General Dog Chat one?

[weimlover0816]

Hi Luis. As for the Purina Dog chow... when I was a kid, my parents fed their Irishe setter the "green bag" and I'm relaltively sure it was all dry... We feed our weim Purina One, now, it's in a red foil-looking bag, and it is dry, no moist chunks... just FYI, they make all types, Large Breed Adult/Puppy; Joint maintenance formula for active dogs, etc. They often have small bags at the grocery store, I would try a few until you find the one that works best for you

Also, I was under the impression that large breed puppies should be switched to adult food ealier than other dogs... to slow their growth rate. I had to do this for my weim when she was diagnosed with panosteitis. They don't stop growing, it just slows it down so they can develop properly.. at least that is what I have been told.

[Luis]

Hello, thanks for your suggestion! I've noticed that Purina has been adding moist biscuits to many of their Dog Chow products lately so I think I'll try the Purina ONE dog food. It sounds like what I'm looking for.

Sorry if this question sounds a bit intrusive, but what kind of Purina ONE dog food do you feed your dog weimlover0816?

Just wanna make sure I get the right food this time, I don't like wasting food [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[weimlover0816]

Not intrusive at all that is why we are here!!

It is Purina ONE Large Breed Adult, she likes the lamb and rice, but they make a beef and rice version as well. And, I think they make a variety on sizes (for the actual pieces of food), the kind she eats is about the size of a nickel, but they have smaller pieces, I think, also.. I know the Health Management is smaller pieces, more dime-sized... (we picked up a bag of that by mistake once... still all dry, though)...

Good luck to you!

[erdog3]

I leave Luis in your capable hands weimlover, sorry I couldn't help much.
I don't know about the growth of your dogs, I would not want to contradict what you have been told weimlover, as you know your breed.
Maybe Luis could check with his vet to clarify this for his own breed, as I know Labs have to have it up till 18 months, for the calcium.